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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. Interior Live Oak

species 10,321 observations

Interior Live Oak

Quercus wislizeni

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

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192 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gold-hunter's Hairstreak, California Sister, Mournful Duskywing, Arizona Sister 97
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp, Acmaeodera connexa, Two-horned Gall Wasp, Acmaeodera hepburnii 50
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Aleuroplatus gelatinosus, Crown Whitefly, Stanford's Whitefly, Band-tailed Pigeon 36
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Convergent Lady Beetle, Cyrtolobus vanduzii, Mourning Cloak, Pileated Woodpecker 8
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Arizona Mantis 1

Children

  • Bush Interior Live Oak
  • Interior 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
Moisture
Dry
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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