Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra L. - Beech family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 120.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

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

Larval Species depending on Northern Red Oak: Acleris albicomana, Acleris chalybeana, Acleris semipurpurana, Acleris subnivana, Acrobasis minimella, Acrocercops albinatella, Acronicta afflicta, Acronicta americana, Acronicta furcifera, Acronicta grisea, Acronicta haesitata, Acronicta hasta, Acronicta lithospila, Acronicta modica, Acronicta noctivaga, Acronicta tristis, Actias luna luna, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Ancylis burgessiana, Ancylis fuscociliana, Ancylis laciniana, Anisota finlaysoni, Anisota oslari, Anisota peigleri, Anisota senatoria, Anisota stigma, Anisota virginiensis, Antaeotricha leucillana, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips argyrospila-complex, Archips fervidana, Archips rosana, Argyrotaenia quercifoliana, Automeris cecrops pamina, Automeris io io, Automeris io neomexicana, Automeris randa, Automeris zephyria, Besma endropiaria, Besma quercivoraria, Blastobasis glandulella, Bucculatrix ainsliella, Bucculatrix quinquenotella, Bucculatrix trifasciella, Cameraria bethunella, Cameraria hamadryadella, Cameraria obstrictella, Cameraria ulmella, Catastega aceriella, Catocala amica, Catocala connubialis, Catocala herodias gerhardi, Catocala ilia, Catocala lineella, Ceratomia undulosa, Charadra deridens, Chionodes formosella, Chionodes thoraceochrella, Choristoneura fractivittana, Choristoneura rosaceana, Chrysopeleia purpuriella, Cosmia calami, Cydia latiferreana, Dasychira dorsipennata, Dasychira plagiata, Datana ministra, Dichomeris ligulella, Dichomeris picrocarpa, Eacles imperialis, Eacles oslari, Egira alternans, Egira dolosa, Ennomos magnaria, Ennomos subsignaria, Epinotia timidella, Erannis tiliaria, Erynnis horatius, Erynnis juvenalis, Erynnis juvenalis juvenalis, Euclea delphinii, Eupsilia tristigmata, Halysidota tessellaris, Hedya chionosema, Hemileuca maia maia, Hemileuca tricolor, Heterocampa biundata, Heterocampa guttivitta, Heterocampa obliqua, Heterocampa umbrata pulverea, Hethemia pistasciaria, Hyalophora cecropia, Hydriomena transfigurata, Hyparpax perophoroides, Hyperstrotia secta, Hyphantria cunae, Lacanobia atlantica, Lambdina fervidaria athasaria, Lambdina fiscellaria, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Lambdina pultaria, Lithophane antennata, Lithophane bethunei, Lithophane innominata, Lithophane petulca, Lochmaeus manteo, Lomographa vestaliata, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Machimia tetoriferella, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Melissopus latiferreanus, Metarranthis duaria, Moodna ostrinella, Morrisonia confusa, Morrisonia latex, Nacophora quernaria, Nadata gibbosa, Nemoria lixaria, Nemoria mimosaria, Neotelphusa querciella, Neurobathra strigifinitella, Oligocentria lignicolor, Oneida lunulalis, Operophtera bruceata, Operophtera brumata, Oreana unicolorella, Orgyia leucostigma, Orgyia leucostigma plagiata, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia revicta, Orthosia rubescens, Paleacrita vernata, Pandemis canadana, Pandemis lamprosana, Panopoda rufimargo, Paranthrene simulans, Peridea angulosa, Phigalia titea, Phoberia atomaris, Phyllodesma americana, Phyllonorycter basistrigella, Phyllonorycter minutella, Phyllonorycter rileyella, Plagodis alcoolaria, Plagodis phlogosaria, Pococera expandens, Prionoxystus macmurtrei, Prolimacodes badia, Pseudexentera cressoniana, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, Psilocorsis cryptolechiella, Psilocorsis quercicella, Psilocorsis reflexella, Satyrium calanus, Satyrium calanus falacer, Satyrium caryaevorum, Satyrium liparops, Sereda lautana, Sparganothis pettitana, Sparganothis umbrana, Stigmella latifasciella, Stigmella quercipulchella, Symmerista canicosta, Symmerista leucitys, Synanthedon pictipes, Tischeria castaneaeella, Tischeria citrinipennella, Tortricidia flexuosa, Ulolonche culea, Xylena thoracica

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (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.