Hard Mast Plants

Allegheny Chinkapin
(Castancea pumila)				USDA Zones 5 to 9
A small shrub used mainly for naturalizing and providing food for wildlife; a member of the chestnut family that has shown some blight resistance.
Habitat:	Does well in dry woodlands, ½ to full day of sun, sandy loamy soil works best
Height:	6' - 10'	Diameter:	2" - 3"
Fruit:	Nuts 1½" wide by ¾" to 1" long, dark brown, sweet, edible nut.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	Yes	No

Bareroot - Each
12 - 18	$1.00
18 - 24	$2.00
24 - 36	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	N/A

Bur Oak
(Quercus macrocarpa)				USDA Zones 3 to 8
The Bur Oak is known for the largest acorn of all oak species. A large tree with a massive trunk and broad spread. Beautiful fall color with large leaves up to 12 inches long. Have been planted along Samford Avenue on the Auburn University campus for great fall color and landscape beauty.
Habitat:	Very adaptable to various soil conditions; limestone rich soils are favored.
Height:	60' - 100'	Diameter:	2' to 4'
Fruit:	Acorns 1½" - 2½" long, ½ to ¾ enclosed by deep cap, which is fringed on the bottom. Have personally seen the size of a golf ball and larger.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Rootball - Each

32"	$125.00

Cherrybark Oak
(Quercus pagoda)				USDA Zones 4 to 8
A large, handsome, sturdy tree of the Red Oak family, noted for good timber value. Bark becomes scaly with age.
Habitat:	Prefers well drained lowlands of the Southeast.
Height:	100' - 120'	Diameter:	4' to 5'
Fruit:	Acorns ½" - 5/8"

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - each

18 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00

Rootball - Each
24"	N/A
40"	$125.00

Chinese Chestnut
(Castanca mollissima)				USDA Zones 4 to 8
Large tree with a massive trunk and a broad, rounded, dense crown.
Habitat:	Moist, upland soils in mixed forests.
Height:	60' - 100'	Diameter:	2' to 4'
Fruit:	2" - 2½" in diameter; short-stalked burs covered with many stout branched spines about ½" long; maturing in autumn and splitting open along 3- 4 lines; 2-3 chestnuts ½" - ¾" long, broadly egg-shaped, becoming shiny, dark brown, flattened and pointed; edible.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00
15 Gal	$50.00

Rootball - Each
24"	$85.00
32"	N/A

Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
				USDA Zones 6 to 9
This small tree or shrub makes an excellent choice for wildlife. The Dwarf Oak gets approximately 10 ft. tall and can produce acorns in 3 to 5 years. Mostly found in the Eastern U.S.
Habitat:	Grows well in dry sandy, rocky or acidic soil.
Height:	10'	Diameter:
Fruit:	Acorns

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	YES

Bareroot
$4.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$15.00
7 Gal	N/A
15 Gal	$50.00

Gobbler Sawtooth Oak
(Quercus acutissima)				USDA Zones 5 to 9
Like the Sawtooth Oak, known for it's rapid growth and mass acorn production, same characteristics of Sawtooth Oak except acorn size is smaller.
Habitat:	Well-drained soil in full sunlight.
Height:	50' - 80'	Diameter:	1' - 2'
Fruit:	Acorns 3/8" - 1" long, egg-shaped; about ¼ enclosed by shallow cup with hairy scales.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Live Oak
(Quercus virginiana)				USDA Zones (7) 8 to 10
Medium-sized evergreen tree with short, broad trunk buttressed at the base forking into a few nearly horizontal, long branches, and very broad, spreading, dense crown.
Habitat:	Sandy soils including coastal dunes and ridges near marshes; often in pure stands.
Height:	40' - 50'	Diameter:	2' - 4'
Fruit:	Acorns 5/8" - 1" long, narrow and oblong, ¼ - ½ enclosed by deep cup; green becoming brown; maturing first year.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Nutall Oak
(Quercus nuttallii)				USDA Zones 5 to 9
Large tree with swollen base and open crown of spreading to horizontal or slightly drooping branches.
Habitat:	Wet, poorly drained, clay soils of flood plain; sometimes on pure stands.
Height:	60' - 100'	Diameter:	1' to 3'
Fruit:	Acorns ¾" - 1 ¼" oblong, dark stripped enclosed by deep, thick cup (¼ - ½); maturing second year.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Rootball - Each

Overcup Oak
(Quercus lyrata)				USDA Zones 5 to 9
Rounded crown of small, often drooping branches, with acorns almost covered by the cup and narrow, deeply lobed leaves.
Habitat:	Wet clay and silty clay soils, mostly on poorly drained flood plains and swamp borders; sometimes in pure stands.
Height:	60' - 80'	Diameter:	2" - 3"
Fruit:	Acorns ½" to 1" long; nearly rounded, almost enclosed by large, rounded cup of warty gray scales; maturing first year.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Sawtooth Oak
(Quercus Acutissima)				USDA Zones 5 to 9
The Sawtooth Oak is known for its rapid growth. This oak was imported from the Far East over a hundred years ago and adapted very well to life in the United States. It is by far the most popular hard mast-producing tree at this time.
Habitat:	Well-drained soil in full sunlight.
Height:	50' - 80'	Diameter:	1' - 2'
Fruit:	Acorns 3/4" - 1 1/2" long, egg-shaped; about 1/4 enclosed by shallow cup with hairy scales.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each
6 - 12	$.50
12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00
15 Gal	$50.00

Shumard Oak
(Quercus shumardii)				USDA Zones 5 to 9
A pyramidal tree becoming more spreading at maturity.
Habitat:	Well-drained soils, drought tolerant a virtue but also does well in creek and river bottoms.
Height:	70' - 90'	Diameter:	2' - 4'
Fruit:	Acorns Ovate ¾" to 1" - 1½" long, covered at base by involucral cap.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each

3 Gal

$10.00

7 Gal

15 Gal

$25.00

$50.00

Swamp Chestnut
(Quercus michauxia)				USDA Zones 5 to 8 (9)
Large tree with compact, rounded crown and chestnut like foliage.
Habitat:	Moist sites including well drained, sandy loam and silty clay flood plains along streams; sometimes in pure stands.
Height:	60' - 80'	Diameter:	2' to 3'
Fruit:	Acorns 1" - 1¼" long; egg-shaped, 1/3 or more enclosed by deep, thick cup with broad base, composed of many overlapping, hairy brown scales; maturing first year.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24-36	$ 2.00

36" ^ $ 3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Rootball - Each
24"	N/A
32"	N/A

White Oak
(Quercus alba)				USDA Zones 3 to 9
The classic eastern oak, with wide spreading branches and a rounded crown, the trunk irregularly divided into spreading, often horizontal, stout branches.
Habitat:	Moist, well-drained uplands and lowlands, often in pure stands.
Height:	80' - 100'	Diameter:	3/4' or more
Fruit:	Acorns 3/8" - 1 ¼" long, egg-shaped; about ¼ enclosed by shallow cup; becoming light gray; with wary, finely hairy scales, maturing first year.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12-24	$1.00

24 - 36 $2.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00
7 Gal	$25.00

15 Gal $50.00

Willow Oak
(Quercus phellos)				USDA Zones 7 to 9
Conical or rounded crown of many slender branches ending in very slender, pin-like twigs with willow like foliage.
Habitat:	Moist, alluvial soils of lowlands, chiefly flood plains or bottomlands of streams; sometimes in pure stands.
Height:	50' - 80'	Diameter:	1" to 2½"
Fruit:	Acorns 3/8" - ½" long and broad; nearly round, with shallow, saucer shaped cup; beaming brown; maturing second year.

Deer	Turkey	Quail
YES	YES	No

Bareroot - Each

12 - 24	$1.00
24 - 36	$2.00
36+	$3.00

Container - Each
3 Gal	$10.00

Rootball - Each
24"	N/A
32"	N/A