Bear Oak
Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. - Beech family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 18.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Green
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Bombus; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on Bear Oak: Anisota senatoria, Antaeotricha decorosella, Cameraria bethunella, Cameraria castaeaneella, Cameraria ulmella, Catocala amica, Catocala coccinata, Catocala herodias gerhardi, Catocala lineella, Cicinnus melsheimeri, Dryocampa rubicunda, Epinotia timidella, Erynnis brizo, Erynnis horatius, Erynnis juvenalis, Euclea delphinii, Fixsenia ontario, Hemileuca grotei grotei, Hemileuca maia maia, Limenitis arthemis arizonensis, Limenitis arthemis astyanax, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma tigris, Paranthrene simulans, Phyllodesma americana, Phyllonorycter aeriferella, Phyllonorycter fitchella, Pococera asperatella, Satyrium edwardsii, Synanthedon decipiens
Native Range
- USA: Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
- CAN: Ontario
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.