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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Oaks
  8. Quercus shumardii
  9. Mapleleaf Oak

species 93 observations

Mapleleaf Oak

Quercus acerifolia

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

Field notes

Supports All

356 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth, Carpenterworm Moth, Cecropia Moth 211
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp, Spurred Metallic Wood-borer, Flat-headed Hardwood Borer 59
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Blue Jay 65
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ophiderma flavicephala, Microcentrus perditus, Camel Treehopper, Oval Jewel Beetle 21

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

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