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White Oak

Quercus alba

A long-lived oak with a broad crown, rounded leaf lobes, and wildlife-supporting acorns. In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in moist to dry forests. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Louisiana (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
80–100 feet commonly, can reach 135
Spread
50–80 feet
Light
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Dry to average

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Deciduous
Bloom
April
Fruiting season
Summer to fall

Recorded in 36 Louisiana parishes.

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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Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food. 150 animals.

All wildlife of Louisiana

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

381CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · 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
  • 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 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
  • 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 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 bethunellaBethune Miner
  • 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 messalinaMessalina 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
  • Charadra dispulsaThe Debater
  • 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 propinquilineaClosebanded 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 meridionalisSouthern Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira tephraTephra Tussock Moth
  • Datana contractaContracted Datana
  • Datana drexeliiDrexel's Datana
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
  • Dryocampa rubicundaRosy Maple Moth, Green-Striped Mapleworm, Rosy Dryocampa
  • Dyseriocrania griseocapitellaChinquapin Leaf-Miner
  • 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
  • Euclea incisaGreen 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
  • Hemileuca orleansGulf Coast Buckmoth
  • Hemileuca sandraEastern Buckmoth
  • Henricus edwardsianaContrasting Henricus
  • Heterocampa astartoidesTexas Heterocampa
  • Heterocampa obliquaOblique Heterocampa
  • Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
  • Heterocampa variaX
  • Heterogenea shurtleffiRed-Eyed Button Slug
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hydriomena pluviataSharp Green Hydriomena
  • Hydriomena renunciataRenounced Hydriomena
  • Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyparpax auroraPink Prominent
  • Hyparpax aurostriataGold-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 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
  • 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
  • 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 mucensGray Woodgrain
  • Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
  • 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
  • Orthodes detractaDisparaged Arches, Disparaged Groundcat
  • Orthosia alurinaGray 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 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
  • Synanthedon sapygaeformisFlorida Oakgall Moth
  • Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
  • Tallula watsoniWatson's Tallula
  • Tetanolita floridanaFlorida Tetanolita
  • 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
  • Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
  • Zale aeruginosaGreen-Dusted Zale
  • Zale calycanthataDouble-Banded Zale
  • Zale declaransDixie Zale
  • Zale lunataLunate Zale
  • Zale minereaColorful Zale
  • Zanclognatha cruralisEarly Zanclognatha, Early Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
  • Acrobasis minimella
  • Anisota discolor
  • Anisota fuscosa
  • Antaeotricha decorosella
  • Antaeotricha osseella
  • Antaeotricha unipunctella
  • Automeris louisiana
  • Basicladus celibata
  • Blastobasis taurusella
  • Caloptilia paradoxum
  • Cenopis karacana
  • Chionodes pereyra
  • Chionodes powelli
  • Chionodes sevir
  • Chionodes thoraceochrella
  • Coptotriche badiiella
  • Coptotriche purinosella
  • Coptotriche zelleriella
  • Dichomeris ventrellus
  • Eriocraniella mediabulla
  • Gretchena watchungana
  • Hydriomena bistriolata
  • Menestomorpha oblongata
  • Phyllonorycter diaphanella
  • Phyllonorycter rileyella
  • Prochalia pygmaea
  • Pseudexentera haracana
  • Pseudexentera hodsoni
  • Quasisalebria atratella
  • Quasisalebria fructetella
  • Salebriaria tenebrosella
  • Stilbosis quadricustatella
  • Stilbosis venifica
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
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
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

Blue jay — Eats acorns

Wild turkey — Eats acorns

Woodpeckers — Eat acorns

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fagaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–9b
Soil pH
Acidic to neutral
Flower color
Yellow
Growth rate
Slow
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Fall

Light. The species description and cultural fields agree on full sun to partial shade. This reviewed selection supersedes the narrower Tennessee guide, which remains in the evidence archive. Source

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

Allow ample space away from paving and buildings. Avoid wet sites and soil compaction; established trees resist drought. NC State Extension

Growing sources and scope

Recognizing it

Rounded leaf lobes lack bristles. Pale, scaly bark and shallow acorn cups help distinguish it. Identification source

Conservation status

Louisiana rankSNR
Global rankG5
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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