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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Oaks
  8. Quercus phellos
  9. Cherrybark Oak

species 4,188 observations

Cherrybark Oak

Quercus pagoda

Status
native
Keystone
566 caterpillar species raised on Quercus trees
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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565 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Horace's Duskywing, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Oak Webworm Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth 331
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp, Spurred Metallic Wood-borer, Eastern Poplar Buprestid Beetle 92
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eratoneura lunata, Eratoneura carmini, Erythridula pfrimmeri, Eratoneura adunca 108
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ophiderma flavicephala, Sycophila, Cyrtolobus funkhouseri, Cyrtolobus togatus 33
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Wasp 1

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Well drained Moist
Soil
Sand Loam
Soil pH
Acid Neutral
Deer resistant
Yes
Resists
Fire
Habit
Rounded
Plant type
Tree

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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