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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Beech Family
  7. Oaks
  8. Quercus berberidifolia
  9. California Scrub Oak

species 10,013 observations

California Scrub Oak

Quercus berberidifolia

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

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175 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Carpenterworm Moth, Polyphemus Moth, Western Tent Caterpillar Moth 83
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Beaked Twig Gall Wasp, California Gall Wasp, Crystalline Gall Wasp, Clasping Twig Gall Wasp 42
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mule Deer, Crown Whitefly, Stanford's Whitefly, Glossonotus univittatus 41
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors California Sister, Mourning Cloak, Pileated Woodpecker, Western Yellowjacket 7
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Humped Trashline Orbweaver, Formica moki 2

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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