Quercus austrina
bluff oak, bastard white oak
Fagaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
tree
Size:
60-75 ft ft
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
deciduous
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Relatively small for an oak. Use as specimen tree or in a grove.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
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
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.
