Quercus palustris

Fagaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Tall Tree (Canopy)

50 - 80ft

50 - 75ft

Green, Yellow

Nut/Nut-like; Brown

Full Sun

Clay, Loamy

Moist, Wet

April - May

red

wet to mesic bottomlands or upland flats

popular shade tree; fall color; acorns food for wildlife; leaves may persist into winter; Widely planted as an ornamental but difficult to transplant; 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