Plant
Type |
Description |
Acorns/Fruit |
Zone |
Sawtooth
Oak |
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. |
¾" - 1 ½" long, egg-shaped; about ¼ enclosed by
shallow cup with hairy scales.
|
5 to 9 |
Gobbler Sawtooth
Oak
|
Like the Sawtooth Oak, known for it's rapid growth
and mass acorn production, same characteristics of Sawtooth Oak except
acorn size is smaller. |
3/8" - 1" long, egg-shaped; about ¼ enclosed by
shallow cup with hairy scales. |
5 to 9 |
White Oak |
The classic eastern oak, with wide spreading
branches and a rounded crown, the trunk irregularly divided into
spreading, often horizontal, stout branches.
|
3/8" to 1-¼" long, egg-shaped; about ¼ enclosed by
shallow cup; becoming light gray; with wary, finely hairy scales, maturing
first year. |
3 to 9 |
Nutall
Oak |
Large tree with swollen base and open crown of
spreading to horizontal or slightly drooping
branches.
|
¾" - 1 ¼" oblong, dark stripped enclosed by deep,
thick cup (¼ - ½); maturing second year. |
5 to 9 |
Willow
Oak |
Conical or rounded crown of many slender branches
ending in very slender, pin-like twigs with willow like
foliage.
|
3/8" - ½" long and broad; nearly round, with
shallow, saucer shaped cup; beaming brown; maturing second
year. |
7 to 9 |
Bur Oak |
The Bur Oak, a large tree with a massive trunk and
broad spread, is known for the largest acorn of all oak species. 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. |
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.
|
3 to 8 |
Shumard
Oak |
A pyramidal tree becoming more spreading at
maturity.
|
Ovate ¾" to 1" - 1½" long, covered at base by
involucral cap.
|
5 to 9 |
Live
Oak
|
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. |
5/8" - 1" long, narrow and oblong, ¼ - ½ enclosed
by deep cup; green becoming brown; maturing first
year. |
7 to 10 |
Swamp
Chestnut |
Large tree with compact, rounded crown and chestnut
like foliage.
|
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. |
5 to 9 |
Overcup
Oak |
Rounded crown of small, often drooping branches,
with acorns almost covered by the cup and narrow, deeply lobed
leaves.
|
½" to 1" long; nearly rounded, almost enclosed by
large, rounded cup of warty gray scales; maturing first year.
|
5 to 9 |
Cherrybark
Oak |
A large, handsome, sturdy tree of the Red Oak
family, noted for good timber value. Bark becomes scaly with
age. |
½" - 5/8"
|
4 to 8 |
Water Oak |
Tree with conical or rounded crown of slender
branches, and fine textured foliage of small
leaves.
|
3/8" to 5/8" long and broad; nearly round, with
shallow, saucer shaped cup; becoming brown; maturing second
year. |
6 to 9 |
Chinese
Chestnut |
Large tree with a massive trunk and a broad,
rounded, dense crown.
|
2" - 2½" in diameter; short-stalked burs covered
with stout branched spines. About ½" long; matures in autumn and splits
open along 3- 4 lines; 2-3 chestnuts ½" - ¾" long, egg-shaped, becoming
shiny, dark brown, flattened and pointed; edible.
|
4 to 8 |
Allegheny
Chinkapin |
A small shrub used mainly for naturalizing and
providing food for wildlife; a member of the chestnut family. Also blight
resistant. |
Nuts 1½" wide by ¾" to 1" long, dark brown, sweet,
edible nut. |
5 to 9 |
Autumn
Olive |
Member of the Elaeagnus family, these little olives
are a wildlife favorite. Evergreen characteristics and a network of
interlocking branches provide great cover and nesting for all birds; deer
relish foliage that holds into winter in the Southeast, and turkey and
quail find its abundance of red berries have a taste they can't
resist. |
Glossy red, 3 to 4 in a cluster, ripening September
to October and can persist into December; favorite of birds.
|
5 to 9 |
Chickasaw
Plum |
A suckering, colonizing shrub, has most merit in
wildlife plantings, pretty in spring. |
½" diameter, rounded, lustrous red (yellow) drupe.
|
5 to 9 |
Wild
Plum |
The Wild Plum (or American Plum) is known for its
tasty fruit, white blossoms and yellow fall colors. Very adaptable shrub
that thrives with neglect. Excellent source of wildlife food and
cover. |
Yellow to red, rounded, about 1" long that ripens
June to July.
|
3 to 8 |
Mayhaw |
Small tree with relatively tall trunk and narrow,
rounded crown; or a large shrub.
|
5/8" in diameter; rounded, shiny red with pale
dots; slightly sour, edible pulp; 3-5 nutlets; maturing late spring.
|
4 to 7 |
Southern Crab
Apple |
Thicket-forming tree with straight, often fluted
trunk and rounded, dense crown of spreading branches, shiny foliage, showy
flowers, and small red to yellow fruit.
|
¼" in diameter; bright red, orange-red, or yellow;
thin, juicy pulp; usually 5 nutlets; many in drooping clusters; maturing
in autumn and persisting into winter. |
4 to 8 |
Callaway Crab
Apple |
Perhaps one of the best white flowered crab apples
because of excellent disease resistance. |
Large, reddish maroon ¾ to 1¼" diameter that may
persist for extended time; good tasting. |
4 to 8 |
Arkansas Black
Apple |
Hybrid apple grafted or budded, less susceptible to
disease than most apples. |
Dark apple, good taste; on tree until mid-winter.
|
3 to 8 |
Yates
Apple |
Hybrid apple that has adapted well; known to
produce consistent crops and will hold apples until December or January.
Small apples good to human taste as well as wildlife.
|
Small apples |
3 to 8 |
Kieffer
Pear |
A large pear that produces within four years. Very
hardy and fast growing; absolutely great for
deer. |
Large, yellow green; ripens July through September.
|
4 to 8 |
Wild Apple |
A familiar tree with a spreading, rounded crown,
showy pink-tinged blossoms, and delicious red fruit; produces fruit in
July to October. |
1½" - 2½" apples; good
taste.
|
4 to 8 |
Common
Persimmon |
Tree with a dense cylindrical or rounded crown, or
sometimes a shrub, best known by its sweet, orange fruit in
autumn.
|
¾" - 1½" in diameter; a rounded or slightly flat,
orange to purplish-brown berry; 48 large, flat seeds; maturing in autumn
before frost and often remain attached into winter; orange pulp becoming
soft and juicy at maturity. |
4 to 8 |
Japanese
Persimmon |
Small tree, largest fruit of persimmon variety.
Seedless and good for human consumption and wildlife. Fruit ripens after
leaves have fallen; has fruit until
December. |
2" - 4" in diameter
|
7 to 9 |
Black
Cherry |
Valuable timber tree with aggressive nature.
Turkeys love
seed.
|
1/3" rounded across; ripe in August and September;
bittersweet taste. |
3 to 9 |
Strawberry
Bush |
The Strawberry Bush (also called
"Hearts-a-Burstin"), is considered a first choice or ice cream plant for
whitetail. Small shrub with brilliant red orange seed that is available
throughout fall and winter.
|
Produces small green berries throughout summer. In
late summer, berries become bright red, warty fruit that bursts open to
reveal a cluster of small, red orange seed. Whitetail will consume whole
plant. |
5 to 9 |
American
Beautyberry |
Also called French Mulberry, is a loose, open shrub
that is found throughout the southeast. Light lavender colored flowers
from July to August. Browsed heavily by deer and game
birds. |
Bright lavender to violet fruit ripening from June
to November.
|
6 to 11 |
Bald
Cypress |
Large, needle leaf, aquatic, deciduous tree often
with cone shaped "knees" projecting from submerged roots, with trunks
enlarged at base and spreading into ridges or buttressed, and flattened at
top. |
Have needles that turn brown and shed with
twig |
8 to 10 |
Honeysuckle |
A true favorite of whitetails throughout the
United
States , Honeysuckle will adapt to most
any climate and will also grow in shady areas. Managed Honeysuckle will
produce a healthy food source for deer with protein levels reaching up to
16%. Deer love the sweet taste of the Honeysuckle. Place new plants under
a protective cover to prevent wildlife from damaging root systems.
Honeysuckle can be planted in spring or
fall. |
|
|
Elderberry |
Small shrub sometimes forming into small tree in
ideal conditions. Ripe fruit is preferred by all game birds, especially
wild turkey; deer have been known to browse on vegetation also. Small
shrub sometimes forming into small tree in ideal conditions. Flowers
small, white in dense clusters from June to
July |
Small, juicy, deep purple, ripening between August
and October.
|
3 to
9 |