Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)

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

Bloom Color: Brown. Form: Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste test can tell when the tannin has been leached. — 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.; 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.; Either the whole seed can be used or the seed can be dried and ground it into a powder.; It can take several days or even weeks to properly leach whole seeds, one method was to wrap them in a cloth bag and place them in a stream.

Habitat & North American Range

Deep rich soils in swampy woods and bottoms at low elevations. Often found in wet, poorly drained claypan soils typical of floodplains, tolerating short periods of spring flooding. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)