Japanese Chestnut

Castanea crenata

Found in cultivated, and persisting. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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

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Light: 2 or more hours of direct sun

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 2 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

91CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Castanea

Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Acronicta incretaSouthern Oak Dagger, Eclipsed Oak Dagger, Small Oak Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
Ancylis divisanaTwo-Toned Ancylis
Anisota peigleriPeigler's Oakworm Moth

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Anisota stigmaSpiny Oakworm Moth, Stigma Moth
Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Apantesis phylliraPhyllira Tiger Moth
Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
Blastobasis glandulellaAcorn Moth
Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
Dasychira meridionalisSouthern Tussock Moth
Datana contractaContracted Datana
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
Dyseriocrania griseocapitellaChinquapin Leaf-Miner
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
Euchlaena obtusariaObtuse Euchlaena
Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Gesta brizoSleepy Duskywing
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Heterogenea shurtleffiRed-Eyed Button Slug
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
Hyperstrotia villificansWhite-Lined Graylet
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Ianassa lignicolorWhite-Streaked Prominent
Isa textulaCrowned Slug
Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Macrurocampa marthesiaMottled Prominent
Mompha cephalonthiellaButtonbush Leafminer
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Neurobathra strigifinitellaFinite-Channeled Leafminer
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
Paranthrene simulansHornet Clearwing, Golden Oak Borer
Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
Peridea angulosaAngulose Prominent
Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Prionoxystus macmurtreiLittle Carpenterworm, Lesser Oak Carpenter Worm
Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
Pseudexentera spolianaBare-Patched Leafroller
Psilocorsis cryptolechiellaBlack-Fringed Leaftier
Psilocorsis quercicellaOak Leaftier
Satyrium calanusBanded Hairstreak, Falacer Hairstreak
Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Scolecocampa liburnaDead-Wood Borer
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spragueia onagrusBlack-Dotted Spragueia
Symmerista albifronsWhite-Headed Prominent
Synanthedon castaneaeChestnut Clearwing Borer
Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
Tetracis crocallataYellow Slant-Line
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Tischeria quercitellaOak Blotch Miner
Antaeotricha unipunctella
Coptotriche castaneaeella
Coptotriche zelleriella
Dichomeris ventrellus
Menesta tortriciformella
Pseudexentera haracana
Stigmella castaneaefoliella
Stigmella macrocarpae
Zimmermannia bosquella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Castanea

Andrena rehni

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

1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Castanea

Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush

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

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

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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