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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 chapmanii
  9. Tucker Oak

species 926 observations

Tucker Oak

Quercus welshii

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

Field notes

Supports All

80 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Carpenterworm Moth, Polyphemus Moth, Western Tent Caterpillar Moth, Fall Webworm Moth 46
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Spurred Metallic Wood-borer, Eastern Poplar Buprestid Beetle, Red-headed Ash Borer, Banded Ash Borer 11
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eastern Fox Squirrel, Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Acorn Woodpecker 20
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Mourning Cloak, Western Yellowjacket, Six-spotted Orbweaver 3

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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