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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 austrina
  9. Sand Post Oak

species 3,605 observations

Sand Post Oak

Quercus margaretiae

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

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521 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 309
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Oak Rosette Gall Wasp, Neuroterus quercusirregularis, Anthaxia quercata, Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp 83
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Florida Scrub-Jay, Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane 101
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Smilia fasciata, Cyrtolobus funkhouseri, Ophiderma flavicephala, Cyrtolobus togatus 27
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Wasp 1

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 Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

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