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

species 4,942 observations

Northern Pin Oak

Quercus ellipsoidalis

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

Field notes

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478 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Oak Webworm Moth, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth, Carpenterworm Moth 298
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Banded Bullet Gall Wasp, Oak Leaf Gall Midge, Callirhytis lanata, Honeycomb Leaf Gall Wasp 63
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Telamona monticola, Telamona decorata, Alebra aurea, Glossonotus univittatus 91
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Cockroach Wasp, Ophiderma flavicephala, Cyrtolobus togatus, Ophiderma definitum 24
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Wasp, Eupelmus 2

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
Moisture
Dry
Soil pH
Neutral
Plant type
Perennial Tree

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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