Carpinus caroliniana subsp. virginiana
Carpinus caroliniana subsp. virginiana
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Native status unresolved in Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 26 Arkansas counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
68CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Carpinus
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
- Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
- Acronicta laetificaPleasant Dagger
- Actias lunaLuna Moth
- Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
- Amorpha juglandisWalnut Sphinx
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Ancylis divisanaTwo-Toned Ancylis
- Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm Moth
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- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
- Apoda biguttataShagreened Slug Moth
- Apoda y-inversumYellow-Collared Slug Moth
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Baileya ophthalmicaEyed Baileya
- Besma endropiariaStraw Besma
- Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
- Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
- Cenopis niveanaAproned Cenopis Moth
- Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
- Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
- Coleophora atromarginataPistol Casebearer, American Pistol Casebearer Moth
- Colocasia flavicornisYellowhorn, Saddled Yellowhorn
- Colocasia propinquilineaClosebanded Yellowhorn
- Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
- Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
- Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
- Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
- Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hypena palpariaMottled Bomolocha, Variegated Snout
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
- Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
- Limenitis arthemisBanded Purple, Red-Spotted Admiral
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
- Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
- Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
- Morrisonia latexFluid Arches, Fluid Mamestra
- Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
- Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
- Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Packardia geminataJeweled Tail Slug Moth
- Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
- Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
- Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
- Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
- Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
- Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
- Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
- Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Zale minereaColorful Zale
- Acrobasis ostryella
- Dichomeris ventrellus
- Ectoedemia quadrinotata
- Menesta tortriciformella
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Carpinus
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
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
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- BETULACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
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| Global rank | Not available |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Arkansas occurrence source
- 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