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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Oaks
  8. American Subevergreen Oak Complex
  9. Coast Live Oak

species 65,835 observations

Coast Live Oak

Quercus agrifolia

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

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241 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it California Oak Moth, Filbertworm Moth, Carpenterworm Moth, Oak Ribbed Casemaker 91
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp, Two-horned Gall Wasp, Gouty Stem Gall Wasp, Live Oak Petiole Gall Wasp 51
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Crown Whitefly, Aceria paramackiei, Stanford's Whitefly, Californian Woolly Oak Aphid 50
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Cyrtolobus vanduzii, Cooper's Hawk, Telamonanthe rileyi, Bushtit 37
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Dystaxia murrayi, Western Bluebird, Leafhopper Assassin Bug, American Winter Ant 12

Children

  • California Live Oak
  • Southern Coast Live Oak

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
Water use
Medium
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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