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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. Buckley's Oak

species 7,380 observations

Buckley's Oak

Quercus buckleyi

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

Field notes

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395 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Horace's Duskywing, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth, Carpenterworm Moth 234
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp, Spurred Metallic Wood-borer, Agrilaxia flavimana 65
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Blue Jay 73
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ophiderma flavicephala, Microcentrus perditus, Camel Treehopper, Oval Jewel Beetle 22
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Eupelmus 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
Dry
Water use
Low
Soil pH
Alkaline
Deer resistant
No
Plant type
Perennial Tree

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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