Quercus phellos

Fagaceae

Coastal Plain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

Tall Tree (Canopy)

80 - 100ft

- ft

(inconspicuous)

Nut/Nut-like; Brown, Green, Yellow

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Clay, Loamy

Moist, Wet

February - May

red

bottomlands or low flatwoods and upland old fields

acorns food for wildlife; Wood used for lumber and construction timber; frequently used in ornamental planting; 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 aco