Dwarf Live Oak
Quercus minima
Found in florida dry prairies, dry to wet pine flatwoods, coastal fringe sandhills, pine rocklands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you
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Keystone
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 94%
- Height
- 2–6 feet
- Spread
- 3–6 feet
- Light
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil moisture
- Dry to average
Space about 4.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 5 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count
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At a glance
- Life cycle
- Woody perennial
- Leaves
- Semi-evergreen
- Bloom
- April
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Recorded in 59 Florida 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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Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 145 animals.
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
395CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · 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 albicomanaRed-Edged Acleris
- Acleris chalybeanaLesser Maple Leafroller Moth
- Acleris semipurpuranaOak Leaf Shredder, Oak Leaftier, Oak Leafshredder
- Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
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- Acronicta afflictaAfflicted 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 incretaSouthern Oak Dagger, Eclipsed Oak Dagger, Small Oak Dagger
- Acronicta lanceolariaNarrow-Winged Dagger, Lanceolate 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
- Actias lunaLuna Moth
- Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
- Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
- 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 divisanaTwo-Toned Ancylis
- Ancylis platananaSycamore Leafroller
- Anisota consularisConsular Oakworm Moth, Southern Oakworm
- Anisota peigleriPeigler's Oakworm Moth
- Anisota pellucidaClear 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
- 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
- Cameraria quercivorellaRusty Oak Leafminer
- Catastega timidellaOak Trumpet Skeletonizer 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 messalinaMessalina Underwing
- Catocala micronymphaLittle Nymph
- Catocala similisSimilar Underwing
- Catocala umbrosaUmber Underwing Moth
- Catocala whitneyiWhitney's Underwing
- 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 formosellaSpring Oak Leafroller
- Chionodes fuscomaculellaWhite-Spotted Chionodes
- 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
- Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
- Cyclophora myrtariaWaxmyrtle Wave
- Cyclophora packardiPackard's Wave
- Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
- Cymatophora approximariaLarge Scalloped-Wing, Giant Grey
- Dasychira basiflavaYellow-Based Tussock Moth
- Dasychira leucophaeaPeppered Tussock Moth
- Dasychira meridionalisSouthern Tussock Moth
- Dasychira tephraTephra Tussock Moth
- Datana contractaContracted 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
- 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
- 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 warreniFlorida Buckmoth
- Henricus edwardsianaContrasting Henricus
- Heterocampa astartePale Green Heterocampa
- Heterocampa obliquaOblique Heterocampa
- Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
- Heterocampa variaX
- Heterogenea shurtleffiRed-Eyed Button Slug
- Holcocera coccivorellaScale-Feeding Scavenger Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hydriomena pluviataSharp Green Hydriomena
- Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
- Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
- Hyparpax auroraPink Prominent
- Hyparpax perophoroidesBrown-Striped 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 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
- Lochmaeus bilineataDouble-Lined Prominent
- Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
- Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
- Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
- Lytrosis sinuosaSinuous Lytrosis
- Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
- 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
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
- 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 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
- Oneida lunulalisOrange-Tufted Oneida
- Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
- Orgyia detritaLive Oak Tussock Moth, Fir Tussock Moth
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Orthosia alurinaGray Quaker
- Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
- Oxydia vesuliaSpurge Spanworm Moth
- Paectes nubiferaClouded Paectes
- Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
- 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
- Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
- Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Taygete gallaegenitellaSouthern Taygete
- 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 pallidaRed-Cross Button Slug
- Ulolonche culeaSheathed Quaker, Sheathed Groundcat
- Urodus parvulaBumelia Webworm
- Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
- Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
- Zale aeruginosaGreen-Dusted Zale
- Zale calycanthataDouble-Banded Zale
- Zale declaransDixie Zale
- Zale intentaBold-Based Zale[two share this common name], Intent 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 marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
- Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
- Acharia extensa
- Acrobasis minimella
- Acrocercops albinatella
- Antaeotricha decorosella
- Antaeotricha floridella
- Antaeotricha osseella
- Antaeotricha unipunctella
- Basicladus celibata
- Blastobasis taurusella
- Bucculatrix cerina
- Caloptilia paradoxum
- Cenopis karacana
- Chionodes pereyra
- Chionodes powelli
- Chionodes sevir
- Coptotriche badiiella
- Coptotriche castaneaeella
- Coptotriche zelleriella
- Dichomeris ventrellus
- Ectoedemia platanella
- Eriocraniella mediabulla
- Gesta somnus
- Gretchena concubitana
- Menestomorpha oblongata
- Nemapogon variatella
- Olethreutes atrodentana
- Phyllonorycter rileyella
- Povolnya quercinigrella
- Prochalia pygmaea
- Pseudexentera haracana
- Pseudexentera hodsoni
- Pseudexentera sepia
- Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella
- Pseudotelphusa quercinigracella
- Quasisalebria atratella
- Salebriaria carolynae
- Salebriaria integra
- Salebriaria pumilella
- Salebriaria tenebrosella
- Salebriaria turpidella
- Stigmella castaneaefoliella
- Stigmella macrocarpae
- Stilbosis quadricustatella
- Trypanisma prudens
- Zamopsyche commentella
- Zimmermannia bosquella
- Zimmermannia obrutella
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 7a–10b
- Flower color
- Yellow or green
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “April” · Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition · Carolinas and Georgia
- Flower color · “Yellow or green” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
- Hardiness · “Zones 7a–10b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Height · “2–6 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
- Leaves · “Semi-evergreen” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
- Life cycle · “Woody perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
- Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Soil · “Occasionally dry” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Spread · “3–6 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Conservation status
| Florida rank | S5 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition
- NatureServe Explorer
- 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