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Survives zone 3 through 9
Acorns edible after leaching out bitter tannins; white oak acorns are naturally sweeter and lower in tannin than red oaks, needing less leaching.
- Hardiness
- Zone 3 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Sept–Oct
- Mature size
- Large tree — NOT containerable
- Light
- Full sun — acorn masting needs a sunlit crown
- Soil pH
- Castanea 4.5–6.5 — ⚠ LIME-INTOLERANT (calcifuge, unlike other nut trees). Quercus/Fagus 5.0–6.5
- Environment
- Woodland
- Status
- Wild · sweeter acorns
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs grafted
- Pollination
- Wind-pollinated, monoecious; masting — several trees improve pollination