Live Oak
Quercus virginiana Mill. - Beech family
Size
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: Yellow
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on Live Oak: Abrostola microvalis, Anisota consularis, Anisota oslari, Anisota stigma, Anisota virginiensis, Antaeotricha humilis, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Argyrotaenia quercifoliana, Automeris iris hesselorum, Automeris louisiana, Cameraria agrifoliella, Cameraria conglomeratella, Cameraria tubiferella, Catocala micronympha, Cossula magnifica, Dasychira leucophaea, Dasychira meridionalis kerrvillei, Eriocraniella mediabulla, Erynnis horatius, Eutrapela clemataria, Fixsenia favonius, Fixsenia favonius favonius, Fixsenia ontario, Fixsenia ontario autolycus, Hemileuca grotei grotei, Hemileuca maia maia, Lambdina fervidaria, Lambdina pultaria, Malacosoma californica california, Malacosoma constricta, Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma tigris, Metria amella, Neurobathra strigifinitella, Orgyia detrita, Orgyia leucostigma, Orgyia vetusta, Panopoda repanda, Parrhasius m-album, Phigalia plumogeraria, Phigalia titea, Phryganidia californica, Pococera asperatella, Zale bethunei
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 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.