Ring-cup oak (Quercus glauca)

Family: Fagaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Brown. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet taste. — Seed - raw or cooked.; The seed is about 15mm long.; it can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews etc or mixed with cereals for making bread.; If the seed contains bitter tannins, these can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost.

Habitat & North American Range

Moist forests and ravines, not gregarious, 800 - 3000 metres from Pakistan to S.W. China. Shady valleys. (Zone 8, Zone 9)