Basket Oak

Shade tree. While native to moist sites, this oak does well in moderately dry areas as well. Makes a good street tree and can be used in parking lot islands. Bronzy fall color.

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 a maintenance issue.

Acorns prized by squirrels, deer, turkey and other wildlife.

Mesic sites near swamp edges and second bottoms of floodplains. May occur in uplands on shallow soils over limestone.

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