Quercus prinus

Fagaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

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

Tall Tree (Canopy)

40 - 80ft

- ft

Yellow

Nut/Nut-like; Brown

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade

Loamy, Sandy

Dry

May - June

yellow/orange

xeric rocky ridges and upper slopes; also mesic sites

acorns food for wildlife; fall color; Wood used as low grade lumber, for charcoal and pulpwood; bark used in tanning as a source of tannic acid; 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 sma