Post Oak
Quercus stellata Wangenh. - Beech family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: Yellow, 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 Post Oak: Acrocercops albinatella, Anisota stigma, Anisota virginiensis, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Automeris io io, Cameraria bethunella, Cameraria cincinnatiella, Cameraria conglomeratella, Cameraria hamadryadella, Cameraria quercivorella, Catocala amica, Catocala coccinata, Catocala lineella, Catocala micronympha, Catocala similis, Erynnis horatius, Erynnis juvenalis, Fixsenia ontario, Fixsenia ontario ontario, Hemileuca grotei grotei, Hemileuca maia maia, Lochmaeus manteo, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma tigris, Meganola spodia, Menesta melanella, Phyllonorycter basistrigella, Phyllonorycter fitchella, Phyllonorycter rileyella, Salebriaria tenebrosella, Stilbosis victor, Tischeria citrinipennella, Tischeria quercitella
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West 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.