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Survives zone 4 through 8
Acorns edible after leaching out bitter tannins, ground into flour or roasted — moderate tannin, needs thorough leaching.
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 8
- 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
- Temperate woodland
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs grafted
- Pollination
- Wind-pollinated, monoecious; masting