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Fagaceae
Coastal Plain, Piedmont
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
Small/Medium Tree (Understory)
35 - 50ft
Green, Yellow
Nut/Nut-like; Brown
Partial Sun
Loamy, Sandy
Dry
April - June
yellow/brown
open, dry woodlands, ridges, slopes, and sandy flatwoods
acorns food for wildlife, leaves may persist into winter; Wood used mostly for fuel; deer browse the leaves and twigs; the acorns are eaten by deer, black bear, racoon, all the squirrels, and even by rabbit and opossum as well as smaller rodents; the acorns are much used by the wood duck, wild turkey, ruffed gro