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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. Evergreen Oak
  9. Holm Oak

species 24,287 observations

Holm Oak

Quercus ilex

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

45 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Small Engrailed, Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix, Dusky Leafroller Moth, Ferruginous Eulia Moth 12
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Ambrosia Beetle 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Red-headed Ash Borer, Violet Tanbark Beetle, Oak Aphid, Thamnotettix confinis 30
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Red Mason Bee 1
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Aprostocetus 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 Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

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