Water Oak

Quercus nigra L.

Beech family

Plant Type
Tree
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
100.0 feet
Flower Color
Yellow
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Mid Spring

Growing Conditions

Shade Tolerance Intermediate
Water Use High

Ecosystem & Wildlife

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

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.

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