Black-jack Oak

Small to medium tree often with somewhat scruffy form. Retain in a natural setting if present.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Fallen/falling acorns can be an issue.

The acorns are eaten by woodpeckers, blue jays, white-breasted nuthatches, American crows and wild turkey

Attracts small mammals including squirrels, white-tailed deer and black bear.

Pine-oak-hickory woods, dry longleaf pinelands with loamy soils or clay hardpan, dry secondary woods.

• Host plant for the White-M Hairstreak and Horace's Duskywing butterflies.