Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii)

Family: Fagaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

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

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet and edible. — The seed is large, up to 35mm long and 30mm wide, but contains bitter tannins.; Other reports say that the acorns are sweet and edible.; The seed can be roasted then dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews etc or mixed with cereals for making bread.; The bitter tannins can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost.

Habitat & North American Range

Inundated bottoms, stream borders and swamps. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)