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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Oaks
  8. Quercus phellos
  9. Running Oak

species 1,286 observations

Running Oak

Quercus pumila

Status
native
Keystone
314 caterpillar species raised on Quercus shrubs
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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410 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Florida Oakworm Moth, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth, Carpenterworm Moth 253
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp, Spurred Metallic Wood-borer, Oak Leaf Gall Midge 57
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Florida Scrub-Jay, Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane 71
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Cyrtolobus funkhouseri, Ophiderma flavicephala, Cyrtolobus togatus, Ophiderma definitum 29

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

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