species 503 observations
Florida Scrub Oak
Quercus inopina
Field notes
Quercus inopina, the sandhill oak, is an uncommon North American species of oak shrub. It has been found only in the state of Florida in the southeastern United States.
It is a branching shrub up to 5 meters (17 feet) in height. The bark is gray, twigs purplish brown. The leaves are broad, up to 85 millimeters (3+3⁄8 inches) long, usually hairless, with no teeth or lobes.
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native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Horace's Duskywing, Juvenal's Duskywing, Sleepy Duskywing, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp, Spurred Metallic Wood-borer, Oak Leaf Gall Midge
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Florida Scrub-Jay, Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Colletes brimleyi, Cyrtolobus funkhouseri, Ophiderma flavicephala, Cyrtolobus togatus
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry Well drained Moist
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
- Habit
- Erect Multi stemmed Multi trunked
- Plant type
- Shrub
From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.