Water Oak
Quercus nigra L. - Beech family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on Water Oak: Anisota consularis, Anisota peigleri, Anisota stigma, Anisota virginiensis, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Automeris cecrops pamina, Automeris zephyria, Besma quercivoraria, Caloptilia quercinigrella, Dasychira tephra, Datana contracta, Datana integerrima, Dryocampa rubicunda, Eriocraniella mediabulla, Erynnis horatius, Erynnis juvenalis, Fixsenia favonius favonius, Hemileuca maia maia, Lacosoma chiridota, Morrisonia mucens, Neurobathra strigifinitella, Phyllonorycter aeriferella, Phyllonorycter albanotella, Phyllonorycter quercialbella, Pseudotelphusa quercinigracella, Tischeria citrinipennella, Tischeria quercitella, Ulolonche culea
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
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.