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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 ilicifolia
  9. Georgia Oak

species 449 observations

Georgia Oak

Quercus georgiana

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

Field notes

Supports All

443 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 263
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Succulent Oak Gall Wasp, Zapatella quercusphellos, Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp 69
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Blue Jay 81
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Cyrtolobus celsus, Cyrtolobus funkhouseri, Ophiderma flavicephala, Cyrtolobus togatus 30

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 Well drained
Soil
Loam Clay
Soil pH
Acid Neutral
Deer resistant
Yes
Habit
Erect Multi stemmed
Plant type
Tree Poisonous

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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