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  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Oaks
  8. White Oaks
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Stellatae

Stellatae

Includes
10 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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  • Quercus chapmanii 3 native
  • Quercus stellata 3 native
  • Quercus austrina 2 native
  • Bastard Oak native
  • Oglethorpe Oak native
  • Drummond Post Oak
  • Quercus × macnabiana

Range

United States

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

Top native Stellatae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Post Oak Quercus stellata keystone caterpillars 349 hosts 92 food 131 flowers 28 shelter 4
  • Bastard Oak Quercus sinuata keystone caterpillars 310 hosts 82 food 97 flowers 28 shelter 1
  • Sand Post Oak Quercus margaretiae keystone caterpillars 309 hosts 83 food 101 flowers 27 shelter 1
  • Bottomland Post Oak Quercus similis keystone caterpillars 289 hosts 81 food 92 flowers 27
  • Bluff Oak Quercus austrina keystone caterpillars 268 hosts 62 food 80 flowers 27
  • Oglethorpe Oak Quercus oglethorpensis keystone caterpillars 258 hosts 66 food 79 flowers 25
  • Boynton Oak Quercus boyntonii keystone caterpillars 235 hosts 55 food 73 flowers 22
  • Chapman's Oak Quercus chapmanii keystone caterpillars 218 hosts 47 food 61 flowers 24
  • Havard Oak Quercus havardii keystone caterpillars 145 hosts 29 food 50 flowers 10 shelter 2
  • Tucker Oak Quercus welshii keystone caterpillars 46 hosts 11 food 20 flowers 3

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