Black Oak

Shade tree. Forest tree.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Birds, squirrel and other wildlife consume the acorns.

Xeric to dry-mesic pine-oak-hickory woods, sometimes on bluff microsites.

• Fall color, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
• Larval host for the white-M hairstreak.