Nomenclature

Common Name:

bluff oak, bastard white oak

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Quercus austrina

Family:

Fagaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

60-75 ft ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

NA

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Relatively small for an oak. Use as specimen tree or in a grove.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries, Seed, Friends

Propagation:

Acorns

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Coming Soon!

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for brown duskywing butterfly ( Erynnis horatius ), and gray hairstreak ( Strymon melinus ), and white-M hairstreak ( Parrhasius m-album ).

Birds, squirrels, racoons, deer and other wildlife eat the seeds.

Native Habitats:

Well drained bottomlands and bluffs.

Natural Range in Florida:

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