Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Found in floodplain and bottomland forests; moist forests. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you
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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Height
- About 90 feet
- Spread
- 40–60 feet
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Average to moist
Space about 30 ft apart from its recorded spread. Enter your bed size for a count
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At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Bloom
- April to May
- Fruiting season
- Summer
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Recorded in 63 Alabama counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food. 156 animals.
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- American CootFulica americana
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
422CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Quercus
- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth
- Satyrium calanusBanded Hairstreak
- Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Acleris chalybeanaLesser Maple Leafroller Moth
- Acleris semipurpuranaOak Leaf Shredder, Oak Leaftier, Oak Leafshredder
- Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
- Acronicta afflictaAfflicted Dagger
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- Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
- Acronicta brumosaFrosty Dagger, Charred Dagger
- Acronicta exilisExiled Dagger, Lesser Oak Dagger
- Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
- Acronicta immodicaMedium Oak Dagger, Medium Dagger
- Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
- Acronicta incretaSouthern Oak Dagger, Eclipsed Oak Dagger, Small Oak Dagger
- Acronicta lithospilaStreaked Dagger
- Acronicta lobeliaeLobelia Dagger, Greater Oak Dagger
- Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
- Acronicta modicaHesitant Dagger
- Acronicta noctivagaNight-Wandering Dagger, Burglar Dagger
- Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
- Acronicta tristisSad Dagger
- Actias lunaLuna Moth
- Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
- Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
- Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
- Allotria elonymphaFalse Underwing
- Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
- Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Ancylis burgessianaOak Leafroller
- Ancylis divisanaTwo-Toned Ancylis
- Ancylis platananaSycamore Leafroller
- Anisota consularisConsular Oakworm Moth, Southern Oakworm
- Anisota pellucidaClear Oakworm
- Anisota senatoriaOrange-Tipped Oakworm Moth, Orangestriped Oakworm
- Anisota stigmaSpiny Oakworm Moth, Stigma Moth
- Antaeotricha albulellaVestal Moth
- Antaeotricha humilisDotted Anteotricha Moth
- Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
- Antaeotricha schlaegeriSchlaeger's Fruitworm Moth
- Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
- Apoda biguttataShagreened Slug Moth
- Apoda y-inversumYellow-Collared Slug Moth
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Archips georgianaFireworm, Georgia Leafroller
- Archips griseaGray Archips
- Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
- Archips semiferanusOak Leafroller Moth
- Argyrotaenia alisellanaWhite-Spotted Leaf Roller
- Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
- Argyrotaenia quercifolianaYellow-Winged Oak Leafroller Moth, Lined Oak Leafroller
- Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
- Aristotelia rubidellaRuby Aristotelia
- Aroga trialbamaculellaRed-Striped Fireworm Moth
- Arogalea cristifasciellaStripe-Backed Moth, White Stripe-Backed Moth
- Artace cribrariusDot-Lined White Moth
- Athetis tardaSlowpoke, Speckled Rustic
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Besma quercivorariaOak Besma
- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
- Blastobasis glandulellaAcorn Moth
- Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
- Callima argenticinctellaOrange-Headed Epicallima
- Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
- Caloptilia superbifrontellaWitch-Hazel Caloptilia
- Calycopis cecropsRed-Banded Hairstreak, Cecrops Hairstreak
- Cameraria cincinnatiellaGregarious Leafminer
- Cameraria conglomeratellaConglomerate Oak Leafminer
- Cameraria hamadryadellaSolitary Oak Leafminer Moth
- Catocala amicaGirlfriend Underwing
- Catocala coccinataScarlet Underwing
- Catocala connubialisConnubial Underwing
- Catocala delilahDelilah Underwing
- Catocala iliaIlia Underwing
- Catocala jairJair Underwing, Barrens Underwing
- Catocala lineellaSteely Underwing, Little-Lined Underwing
- Catocala micronymphaLittle Nymph
- Catocala similisSimilar Underwing
- Catocala umbrosaUmber Underwing Moth
- Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
- Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
- Cenopis diluticostanaSpring Dead-Leaf Roller Moth, Oak Cenopis
- Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
- Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
- Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
- Cepphis armatariaScallop Moth
- Ceratomia amyntorElm Sphinx
- Ceratonyx satanariaHorned Ceratonyx
- Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
- Chaetaglaea sericeaSilky Sallow
- Charadra deridensThe Laugher
- Chimoptesis pennsylvanianaFiligreed Moth
- Chionodes bicostomaculellaTwo-Spotted Chionodes
- Chionodes fuscomaculellaWhite-Spotted Chionodes
- Choristoneura fractivittanaBroken-Banded Leafroller, Lined Corn-Borer Moth
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Chytolita morbidalisMorbid Owlet
- Cicinnus melsheimeriMelsheimer's Sack-Bearer
- Cissusa spadixBlack-Dotted Brown
- Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
- Cleora projectaProjecta Gray
- Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
- Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent, Poplar Tent Maker, Poplar Leaf-Tier
- Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
- Colocasia flavicornisYellowhorn, Saddled Yellowhorn
- Cosmia calamiAmerican Dun-Bar
- Cossula magnificaPecan Carpenterworm Moth
- Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
- Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
- Cyclophora myrtariaWaxmyrtle Wave
- Cyclophora packardiPackard's Wave
- Cyclophora pendulinariaSweetfern Geometer
- Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
- Cymatophora approximariaLarge Scalloped-Wing, Giant Grey
- Dasychira basiflavaYellow-Based Tussock Moth
- Dasychira leucophaeaPeppered Tussock Moth
- Dasychira meridionalisSouthern Tussock Moth
- Dasychira obliquataStreaked Tussock Moth
- Dasychira tephraTephra Tussock Moth
- Datana contractaContracted Datana
- Datana drexeliiDrexel's Datana
- Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
- Decodes basiplaganaGray-Marked Tortricid
- Dichomeris georgiellaGeorgia Dichomeris
- Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
- Dryocampa rubicundaRosy Maple Moth, Green-Striped Mapleworm, Rosy Dryocampa
- Dyseriocrania griseocapitellaChinquapin Leaf-Miner
- Ectoedemia similellaBroken-Banded Ectoedemia
- Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
- Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
- Elaphria grataGrateful Midget
- Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
- Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
- Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
- Euchlaena deductariaForked Euchlaena
- Euchlaena irrariaLeast-Marked Euchlaena
- Euchlaena johnsonariaJohnson's Euchlaena
- Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Eulithis diversilineataLesser Grapevine Looper Moth
- Eulogia ochrifrontellaBroad-Banded Eulogia
- Eupithecia jejunataSwift Pug
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Eupsilia cirripaleaFranclemont's Sallow
- Eupsilia morrisoniMorrison's Sallow
- Eupsilia vinulentaStraight-Toothed Sallow
- Euthyatira pudensDogwood Thyatirid
- Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
- Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
- Gesta brizoSleepy Duskywing
- Gesta horatiusHorace's Duskywing, Brown Duskywing
- Gesta juvenalisJuvenal's Duskywing
- Glaphyria sesquistrialisWhite-Roped Glaphyria
- Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
- Glenoides texanariaTexas Gray
- Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanumDotted Gymnast, Dotted Ecdytolopha
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
- Hedya chionosemaTwin-Spotted Budworm, White-Spotted Hedya
- Hemileuca sandraEastern Buckmoth
- Henricus edwardsianaContrasting Henricus
- Heterocampa astartoidesTexas Heterocampa
- Heterocampa obliquaOblique Heterocampa
- Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
- Heterocampa variaX
- Heterogenea shurtleffiRed-Eyed Button Slug
- Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hydriomena pluviataSharp Green Hydriomena
- Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
- Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
- Hyparpax auroraPink Prominent
- Hypena baltimoralisBaltimore Bomolocha, Baltimore Snout
- Hypena palpariaMottled Bomolocha, Variegated Snout
- Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
- Hyperstrotia flaviguttataYellow-Spotted Graylet
- Hyperstrotia nana[White-Lined Graylet applied to Hyperstrotia villificans]
- Hyperstrotia pervertensDotted Graylet
- Hyperstrotia sectaBlack-Patched Graylet
- Hyperstrotia villificansWhite-Lined Graylet
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Hypomecis buchholzariaX
- Hypomecis gnophariaX
- Hypomecis umbrosariaUmber Moth
- Hypoprepia fucosaPainted Lichen Moth
- Hypsopygia olinalisYellow-Fringed Dolichomia
- Ianassa lignicolorWhite-Streaked Prominent
- Idaea eremiataStraw Wave
- Idaea obfusariaRippled Wave
- Idia aemulaCommon Idia
- Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
- Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
- Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
- Isa textulaCrowned Slug
- Isochaetes beutenmuelleriSpun Glass Slug
- Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
- Lacosoma chiridotaScalloped Sack-Bearer
- Laetilia coccidivoraScale-Feeding Snout
- Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
- Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
- Lambdina pellucidariaYellow-Headed Looper, Eastern Pine Looper
- Lambdina pultariaSouthern Oak Looper
- Lascoria ambigualisAmbiguous Moth, Ambiguous Litter Moth
- Leptostales crossiiCross's Wave
- Limenitis archippusViceroy
- Limenitis arthemisBanded Purple, Red-Spotted Admiral
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
- Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
- Lithophane patefactaDiomorphic Pinion, Branded Pinion
- Lithophane petulcaWanton Pinion
- Lithophane querqueraShivering Pinion
- Lochmaeus bilineataDouble-Lined Prominent
- Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
- Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
- Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
- Lytrosis permagnariaGray Lytrosis
- Lytrosis sinuosaSinuous Lytrosis
- Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
- Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
- Macrurocampa marthesiaMottled Prominent
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
- Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
- Megalopyge lacyiFlorida Flannel Moth
- Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
- Megalopyge pyxidiferaYellow Flannel Moth
- Meganola minusculaConfused Meganola, Confused Oak Punkie
- Meganola phyllaTwo-Spotted Oak Punkie, Coastal Plain Meganola
- Meganola spodiaAshy Meganola, Once-Charred Punkie
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
- Melipotis jucundaMerry Melipotis
- Menesta melanellaBlack Menesta
- Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
- Metarranthis obfirmariaYellow-Washed Metarranthis
- Metaxaglaea australisSouthern Sallow
- Metaxaglaea semitariaFootpath Sallow
- Metaxaglaea viaticaRoadside Sallow
- Metria amellaLive Oak Metria
- Monoleuca semifasciaPin-Striped Vermilion Slug
- Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
- Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
- Morrisonia evictaBicolored Woodgrain
- Morrisonia latexFluid Arches, Fluid Mamestra
- Morrisonia mucensGray Woodgrain
- Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
- Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
- Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
- Nemoria bifilataWhite-Barred Emerald
- Nemoria bistriariaTwo-Striped Emerald, Red-Fringed Emerald
- Nemoria lixariaRed-Bordered Emerald
- Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
- Neotelphusa querciellaOak Leafroller
- Neurobathra strigifinitellaFinite-Channeled Leafminer
- Nola ovillaWooly Nola
- Norape cretataWhite Flannel Moth
- Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
- Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
- Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
- Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
- Olethreutes inornatanaInornate Olethreutes
- Oneida lunulalisOrange-Tufted Oneida
- Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
- Orgyia detritaLive Oak Tussock Moth, Fir Tussock Moth
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Orthodes detractaDisparaged Arches, Disparaged Groundcat
- Orthosia alurinaGray Quaker
- Orthosia garmaniGarman's Quaker
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
- Oxydia vesuliaSpurge Spanworm Moth
- Packardia geminataJeweled Tail Slug Moth
- Paectes nubiferaClouded Paectes
- Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
- Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
- Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
- Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
- Panopoda carneicostaBrown Panopoda, Hickory Panopoda
- Panopoda repandaOrange Panopoda
- Panopoda rufimargoRed-Lined Panopoda
- Pantographa limataBasswood Leafroller Moth
- Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
- Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Paraeschra georgicaGeorgian Prominent
- Parallelia bistriarisMaple Looper Moth
- Paranthrene asilipennisOak Stump Borer Moth, Oak Borer
- Paranthrene simulansHornet Clearwing, Golden Oak Borer
- Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
- Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
- Parrhasius m-albumWhite M Hairstreak
- Peridea angulosaAngulose Prominent
- Perimede erransellaGray Perimede
- Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
- Phigalia denticulataToothed Phigalia
- Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
- Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
- Phoberia atomarisCommon Oak Moth
- Phoberia ingenuaBarrens Oak Moth
- Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
- Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
- Phyllonorycter fitchellaOak Tentiform Leafminer, White Oak Blotch Miner
- Phyllonorycter lucidicostellaLesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner
- Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
- Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
- Plagodis phlogosariaStraight-Lined Plagodis
- Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
- Plagodis serinariaLemon Plagodis
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
- Pococera expandensStriped Oak Webworm, Double-Humped Pococera
- Pococera subcanalisCloaked Pococera Moth
- Prionoxystus macmurtreiLittle Carpenterworm, Lesser Oak Carpenter Worm
- Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
- Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
- Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
- Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
- Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
- Psaphida grandisGray Sallow
- Psaphida resumensFigure-Eight Sallow
- Psaphida rolandiRoland's Sallow
- Psaphida styracisFawn Sallow
- Pseudanthracia coraciasPseudanthracia Moth
- Pseudeustrotia carneolaPink-Barred Lithacodia, Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia
- Pseudexentera cressonianaShagbark Hickory Leafroller
- Pseudexentera spolianaBare-Patched Leafroller
- Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
- Psilocorsis cryptolechiellaBlack-Fringed Leaftier
- Psilocorsis quercicellaOak Leaftier
- Psilocorsis reflexellaDotted Leaftier Moth
- Pubitelphusa latifasciellaWhite-Banded Telphusa Moth
- Pyromorpha dimidiataOrange-Patched Smoky Moth
- Rectiostoma xanthobasisYellow-Vested Moth
- Salebriaria engeliEngel's Salebriaria
- Salebriaria rufimaculatellaWhite-Banded Salebriaria
- Satyrium favoniusSouthern Hairstreak, Oak Hairstreak
- Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
- Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
- Scolecocampa liburnaDead-Wood Borer
- Seirarctia echoEcho Moth
- Selenia kentariaKent's Geometer
- Sereda tautanaSpeckled Sereda
- Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
- Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
- Sparganothis caryaeNetted Sparganothis
- Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
- Symmerista albifronsWhite-Headed Prominent
- Synanthedon decipiensOakgall Clearwing
- Synanthedon geliformisPecan Bark Borer Moth
- Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
- Synanthedon sapygaeformisFlorida Oakgall Moth
- Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
- Tallula watsoniWatson's Tallula
- Tetanolita floridanaFlorida Tetanolita
- Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
- Thalera pistasciariaPistachio Emerald
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Tischeria quercitellaOak Blotch Miner
- Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
- Tortricidia flexuosaAbbreviated Button Slug Moth
- Tortricidia pallidaRed-Cross Button Slug
- Tortricidia testaceaEarly Button Slug
- Ulolonche culeaSheathed Quaker, Sheathed Groundcat
- Urodus parvulaBumelia Webworm
- Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
- Zale aeruginosaGreen-Dusted Zale
- Zale calycanthataDouble-Banded Zale
- Zale declaransDixie Zale
- Zale lunataLunate Zale
- Zale luniferaBarrens Zale, Bold-Based Zale[two share this common name]
- Zale minereaColorful Zale
- Zanclognatha cruralisEarly Zanclognatha, Early Fan-Foot
- Zanclognatha jacchusalisWavy-Lined Zanclognatha, Wavy-Lined Fan-Foot
- Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
- Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
- Acrobasis minimella
- Adoneta bicaudata
- Antaeotricha decorosella
- Antaeotricha osseella
- Antaeotricha unipunctella
- Basicladus celibata
- Blastobasis taurusella
- Caloptilia paradoxum
- Cenopis karacana
- Chionodes adamas
- Chionodes hapsus
- Chionodes pereyra
- Chionodes sevir
- Chionodes soter
- Chionodes thoraceochrella
- Coptotriche badiiella
- Coptotriche zelleriella
- Dichomeris ventrellus
- Ectoedemia platanella
- Eriocraniella mediabulla
- Eupithecia swettii
- Gretchena concubitana
- Hydriomena bistriolata
- Menestomorpha oblongata
- Phyllonorycter rileyella
- Prochalia pygmaea
- Pseudexentera haracana
- Pseudexentera hodsoni
- Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella
- Pseudotelphusa quercinigracella
- Quasisalebria atratella
- Salebriaria carolynae
- Salebriaria fasciata
- Salebriaria tenebrosella
- Salebriaria turpidella
- Sinoe chambersi
- Stigmella flavipedella
- Stigmella nigriverticella
- Stilbosis quadricustatella
- Xenolechia ontariensis
19BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Quercus
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
23BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Quercus
- Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
- Aix sponsaWood Duck
- Anas platyrhynchosMallard
- Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
- Aphelocoma coerulescensFlorida Scrub-Jay
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
- Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
- Cathartes/coragyps spTurkey/Black Vulture
- Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
- Columba liviaRock Pigeon
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- Cyanocitta cristataBlue Jay
- Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
- Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
- Ectopistes migratoriusPassenger Pigeon
- Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
- Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
- Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak
- Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle
- Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
- Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
- Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
- Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–9
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Growth habit
- Single stem
- Foliage color
- Green
- Fruit begins
- Summer
- Fruit ends
- Summer
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “April to May” · Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition (ranked first; USDA PLANTS differs) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Flower color · “Yellow” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Fruit ends · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Growth habit · “Single stem” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Growth rate · “Rapid” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Hardiness · “Zones 6–9” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Height · “About 90 feet” · USDA PLANTS (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differ) · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Leaves · “Deciduous” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Leaf retention · “Deciduous” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Full sun” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Virginia DCR Coastal Plain, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
- primary_flower_color · “yellow” · USDA PLANTS
- Soil · “moderately wet to medium” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Virginia DCR Coastal Plain, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differ) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
- Spread · “40–60 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Also known as
Paddle Oak
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications