Bluejack Oak is a small, drought-adapted oak of the coastal plain and sandhills of the southeastern United States, distinguished by its narrow, willow-like leaves that are blue-green above and white-woolly beneath. It thrives on dry, sandy, well-drained soils in the longleaf pine belt, where it is maintained as an understory shrub or small tree by periodic fire. Its small acorns are eaten by many wildlife species, and the tree is an important component of fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystems.
Habitat
Dry sandy soils, longleaf pine sandhills, coastal plain scrub
Diet
Acorns eaten by deer, turkeys, quail, and scrub-jays; browse for white-tailed deer
How common
Common
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