Blackjack Oak

Quercus marilandica Münchh. - Beech family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 60.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Green

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Blackjack Oak: Acrobasis minimella, Anisota peigleri, Anisota stigma, Anisota virginiensis, Antaeotricha decorosella, Erynnis horatius, Erynnis juvenalis, Fixsenia favonius favonius, Hemileuca grotei grotei, Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma tigris, Thyridopteryx rileyi

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

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.