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Sawtooth Oak

Quercus acutissima

In the Carolinas and Georgia, commonly cultivated as a suburban street tree and also widely planted in ‘wildlife food plots’, rarely naturalizing. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Harmful

Not native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
30–60 feet
Spread
30–50 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist
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  • Blackjack Oak
    Quercus marilandica

    Sun: Full sun. Soil: Somewhat dry to moist. Flowers: Yellow or green.

    Similar growth form, height, spread

  • Bluejack Oak
    Quercus incana

    Sun: Full sun, Partial shade. Soil: Dry to somewhat dry. Flowers: Yellow or green.

    Similar growth form, height, spread

  • Post Oak
    Quercus stellata

    Sun: Full sun. Soil: Dry to average. Flowers: Brown/copper, yellow or green.

    Similar growth form, height, spread

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Life cycle
Woody perennial
Leaves
Deciduous

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Recorded in 10 Arkansas counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

428CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Quercus

  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth
  • Satyrium calanusBanded Hairstreak
  • Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
  • Abrostola microvalisMinute Oval Abrostola Moth
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
  • Acleris albicomanaRed-Edged Acleris
  • Acleris chalybeanaLesser Maple Leafroller Moth
  • Acleris semiannulaHalf-Ringed Acleris
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  • Acleris semipurpuranaOak Leaf Shredder, Oak Leaftier, Oak Leafshredder
  • Acleris subnivanaBent-Wing Acleris, Common Acleris
  • Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
  • Acronicta afflictaAfflicted Dagger
  • Acronicta albarufaBarrens Dagger, The Reddish-White Dagger
  • 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 impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed 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 ovataOvate Dagger, Epauleted Oak Dagger
  • Acronicta tristisSad Dagger
  • Actias lunaLuna Moth
  • Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
  • 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 pellucidaClear Oakworm
  • Anisota senatoriaOrange-Tipped Oakworm Moth, Orangestriped Oakworm
  • Anisota stigmaSpiny Oakworm Moth, Stigma Moth
  • Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm 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 fervidanaOak Webworm 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 endropiariaStraw Besma
  • 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 quercivorellaRusty Oak Leafminer
  • Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
  • Catastega timidellaOak Trumpet Skeletonizer Moth
  • Catocala amicaGirlfriend Underwing
  • Catocala coccinataScarlet Underwing
  • Catocala connubialisConnubial Underwing
  • Catocala delilahDelilah Underwing
  • Catocala herodiasHerodias Underwing
  • Catocala iliaIlia 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
  • 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
  • Cladara atroliturataThe Scribbler
  • Cleora projectaProjecta Gray
  • Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
  • Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent, Poplar Tent Maker, Poplar Leaf-Tier
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Coleophora atromarginataPistol Casebearer, American Pistol Casebearer Moth
  • Colocasia flavicornisYellowhorn, Saddled Yellowhorn
  • Colocasia propinquilineaClosebanded Yellowhorn
  • Coptotriche citrinipennellaOakleaf Edgeminer
  • Cosmia calamiAmerican Dun-Bar
  • Cossula magnificaPecan Carpenterworm Moth
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Cyclophora packardiPackard's Wave
  • Cyclophora pendulinariaSweetfern Geometer
  • Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
  • Cymatophora approximariaLarge Scalloped-Wing, Giant Grey
  • Dasychira basiflavaYellow-Based Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira dorsipennataSharp-Lined 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
  • 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
  • Euchlaena tigrinariaMotted Euchlaena
  • Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
  • Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
  • Euclea incisaGreen 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 sidusSidus 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
  • Grapholita prunivoraLesser Apple Worm
  • Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanumDotted Gymnast, Dotted Ecdytolopha
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
  • Haploa contiguaThe Neighbor
  • Hedya chionosemaTwin-Spotted Budworm, White-Spotted Hedya
  • Henricus edwardsianaContrasting Henricus
  • Heterocampa obliquaOblique Heterocampa
  • Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
  • Heterocampa variaX
  • Heterogenea shurtleffiRed-Eyed Button Slug
  • Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
  • Homorthodes lindseyiSouthern 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 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 bethuneiBethune's Pinion
  • Lithophane groteiGrote's Pinion, Green Fruit Worm
  • Lithophane petulcaWanton 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
  • Macaria bisignataRed-Headed Inchworm
  • 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 semitariaFootpath Sallow
  • Metaxaglaea viaticaRoadside Sallow
  • Metria amellaLive Oak Metria
  • Monoleuca semifasciaPin-Striped Vermilion Slug
  • Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused 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
  • 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 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 revictaSubdued Quaker
  • Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
  • Packardia elegansElegant Tailed Slug
  • Packardia geminataJeweled Tail Slug Moth
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
  • Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
  • Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
  • Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Panopoda carneicostaBrown Panopoda, Hickory 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
  • Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
  • Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
  • Plagodis phlogosariaStraight-Lined Plagodis
  • 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
  • Psaphida thaxterianusThaxter's Sallow
  • Pseudeustrotia carneolaPink-Barred Lithacodia, Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia
  • Pseudexentera cressonianaShagbark Hickory Leafroller
  • Pseudexentera maracanaBanded Pseudexentera
  • 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 caryaevorusHickory Hairstreak
  • Satyrium edwardsiiEdwards' Hairstreak
  • Satyrium favoniusSouthern Hairstreak, Oak Hairstreak
  • Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Scolecocampa liburnaDead-Wood Borer
  • Selenia kentariaKent's Geometer
  • Sereda tautanaSpeckled Sereda
  • Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
  • Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
  • Sparganothis caryaeNetted Sparganothis
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Stenoporpia polygrammariaFaded Grey
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
  • Symmerista albifronsWhite-Headed Prominent
  • Synanthedon decipiensOakgall Clearwing
  • Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer 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 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
  • Ancylis laciniana
  • Antaeotricha osseella
  • Blastobasis taurusella
  • Caloptilia paradoxum
  • Cenopis karacana
  • Chionodes adamas
  • Chionodes hapsus
  • Chionodes pereyra
  • Chionodes powelli
  • Chionodes thoraceochrella
  • Chrysopeleia purpuriella
  • Coptotriche badiiella
  • Coptotriche clemensella
  • Coptotriche concolor
  • Coptotriche simulata
  • Coptotriche zelleriella
  • Dichomeris ventrellus
  • Eupithecia swettii
  • Gretchena concubitana
  • Gretchena watchungana
  • Hydriomena bistriolata
  • Phyllonorycter rileyella
  • Pseudexentera haracana
  • Pseudexentera hodsoni
  • Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella
  • Quasisalebria atratella
  • Quasisalebria fructetella
  • Salebriaria fasciata
  • Salebriaria simpliciella
  • Salebriaria tenebrosella
  • Salebriaria turpidella
  • Stigmella macrocarpae
  • Stigmella nigriverticella
  • Stigmella sclerostylota
  • Stilbosis quadricustatella
  • Stilbosis venifica
  • Stilbosis victor
  • Trypanisma prudens
  • Xenolechia ontariensis
  • Zimmermannia obrutella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist 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
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

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
Fagaceae
Hardiness
Zones 6a–9b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Yellow or green

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Arkansas rankSNA
Global rankGNR
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

Sources