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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

Quercus palustris Münchh.<br />

FAMILY: Fagaceae (beech or oak)<br />

ENGLISH: pin oak<br />

USES/NOTES: Acorns have been used for food.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: East-central U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Fernald 1950, FNAEC 1997, Kunkel 1984<br />

Quercus rubra L.<br />

FAMILY: Fagaceae (beech or oak)<br />

ENGLISH: nor<strong>the</strong>rn red oak, red oak<br />

PORTUGUESE: carvalho<br />

SPANISH: roble americano, roble colorado<br />

USES/NOTES: Bitter acorns have been e<strong>at</strong>en cooked in some form after<br />

leaching.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from eastern Canada to Georgia and<br />

Oklahoma<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciola 1990, FNAEC 1997, Kunkel<br />

1984, Schwegman 1991<br />

Quercus rugosa Née [syn. Q. reticul<strong>at</strong>a Humb. & Bonpl.]<br />

FAMILY: Fagaceae (beech or oak)<br />

ENGLISH: netleaf oak<br />

SPANISH: alvellana, avellana, cu-hó, encino, encino avellano, encino<br />

blanco, encino blanco liso, encino cuero, encino de asta, encino de<br />

miel, encino negro, encino prieto, encino quiebra hacha, encino<br />

roble, palo colorado, roble, sharari, t-nuyá, tocus, tocuz, tulán<br />

USES/NOTES: The acorn (bellota in Spanish) is used like c<strong>of</strong>fee (C<strong>of</strong>fea<br />

spp.).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. through Mexico to Gu<strong>at</strong>emala<br />

REFERENCES: FNAEC 1997, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Torres n.d.,<br />

Vázquez-Yanes et al. 1999<br />

Quercus virginiana Miller and Q. gemin<strong>at</strong>a Small [syn. Q. virginiana<br />

Miller var. gemin<strong>at</strong>a (Small) Sargent]<br />

FAMILY: Fagaceae (beech or oak)<br />

ENGLISH: live oak (Q. virginiana), sand live oak (Q. gemin<strong>at</strong>a),<br />

sou<strong>the</strong>rn live oak (Q. virginiana)<br />

USES/NOTES: Acorns (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sweeter white group), <strong>of</strong> Georgia’s st<strong>at</strong>e<br />

tree (Q. virginiana), were e<strong>at</strong>en by early inhabitants after<br />

leaching to remove bitterness. Acorn oil has been used as a coking<br />

oil. Also <strong>at</strong>tractive landscape specimen and important lumber<br />

source. Q. gemin<strong>at</strong>a is under-utilized as a landscape tree.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Q. virginiana from sou<strong>the</strong>astern U.S. from Virginia<br />

through Florida to Texas, Q. gemin<strong>at</strong>a from coastal North Carolina<br />

through Florida to coastal Louisiana<br />

REFERENCES: Bennett 1997, Deuerling and Lantz 1993, FNAEC 1997,<br />

Godfrey 1988, Hall 1989, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Yanovsky 1936<br />

Quiina florida Tul. [syn. Q. poeppigiana Tul.]<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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