Post Oak

Quercus stellata Wangenh.

Beech family

Plant Type

Tree

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

100.0 feet

Flower Color

Yellow, Brown

Bloom Time

Early Spring, Mid Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intermediate

Water

Water Use Medium

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance Medium

Ecosystem & Wildlife

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

Larval Host 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

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.