Ashworth Mossy-Cup Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Fagaceae

Growth Habit

Tree

Description

Mother tree is a precocious producer of high quality acorns containing almost no tannic acid. The seedlings (listed as 'Ashworth Strain') from this tree are all F1 ("mother-son") backcrosses with the best one of hundreds of seedlings grown 30 years ago.

Source of plant

Fred Ashworth, St. Lawrence Nurseries, Oikos Tree Crops

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

food