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The fruit is an acorn. They are generally oval or oblong in shape, ranging from 13 to 25 millimetres (1 ⁄ 2 to 1 in) in length. [6] The acorn contributes to the overcup oak's common name. The acorns are almost entirely covered by their cup, hence the name overcup. [3] The cup has gray, pubescent scales.
Acorns per pound range from 200 to 750. Acorns mature from August to November of the second year. Trees begin bearing acorns when they are about 25 years old, and optimum production is reached when they are between 50 and 75 years of age. Good acorn crops are frequent, occurring at 1- or 2-year intervals, with light crops in intervening years.
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The acorns tend to be ellipsoid (ellipse-shaped, from which its scientific name derives), though they tend to be highly variable and range to globose, 6–11 millimeters (1 ⁄ 4 – 7 ⁄ 16 in) long and 10–19 mm (13 ⁄ 32 – 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad, a third to a half covered in a deep cup, green maturing pale brown about 18 months after ...
These advocates who prefer the lean years of wild mast in the woods make a good point in that if one finds a heavily bearing apple tree or small stand of acorn-bearing oaks in a dearth year ...
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The acorns are 10–20 millimetres (3 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 4 in) long and about one-third to one-half enclosed by a cap or cup ; they mature in September, turning from green to golden brown. The plant reproduces from acorns, but also spreads from root sprouts that grow from vast underground structures called lignotubers .
The acorns of dwarf chinkapin oak are sweet tasting and relished by humans and many kinds of wildlife, such as deer, turkeys, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice, each reliant on the nutritional value of chestnut oak acorns as a component of their diet. The wood has little commercial value because of the shrub's small size. [7]