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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 Section Polymorphae
  9. Mohr Oak

species 220 observations

Mohr Oak

Quercus mohriana

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

Field notes

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265 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Juvenal's Duskywing, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth, Carpenterworm Moth 158
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp, Agrilaxia flavimana, Oak Leaf Gall Midge, Succulent Oak Gall Wasp 37
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Blue Jay 54
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Microcentrus perditus, Glossonotus acuminatus, Mourning Cloak, Pale Green Assassin Bug 15
  • 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
Part shade
Moisture
Dry
Water use
Low
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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