Quercus geminata

Small

Sand live oak

FagaceaeSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Nuts, Acorns

The nuts are leached to remove bitter tannins and then eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in coastal areas.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A temperate oak tree native to coastal areas.

Wikipedia

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Quercus geminata, commonly called sand live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to the coastal regions of the subtropical southeastern United States, along the Atlantic Coast from southern Florida northward to southeastern Virginia and along the Gulf Coast westward to southern Mississippi, on seacoast dunes and on white sands in evergreen oak scrubs.

Names & Synonyms

Quercus virginiana f. grandifolia Sarg.Quercus virginiana var. geminata (Small) Sarg.

References (2)

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Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 735

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Where to Find It

How to Identify

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