Oregon White Oak

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intolerant

Water

Water Use Low

Drought Tolerance High

Flood Tolerance Low

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam, Sand

CaCO3 Tolerance None

Fertility Need Low

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance Low

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 4.8 – 6.7

Frost-Free Days 63 days

Precipitation 10 – 104 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

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

Larval Host Acrobasis comptella, Acronicta marmorata, Agrochola pulchella, Anacampsis niveopulvella, Anacamptodes clivinaria, Antheraea polyphemus, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips argyrospila, Archips rosanus, Aseptis binotata, Besma quercivoraria, Bucculatrix zophopasta, Caloptilia alnivorella, Caloptilia invariabilis, Cameraria mediodorsella, Cameraria pentekes, Campaea perlata, Carcina quercana, Catocala aholibah, Catocala verrilliana, Catocala verrilliana beutenmulleri, Chionodes raspyon, Chionodes trichostola, Choristoneura rosaceana, Cissusa indiscreta, Clemensia albata, Cosmia calami, Cyclophora dataria, Cyclophora pendulinaria, Dasychira vagans, Decodes fragariana, Ditula angustiorana, Drepana bilineata, Egira cognata, Egira crucialis, Egira februalis, Epinotia emarginana, Epinotia rectiplicana, Epinotia solicitana, Erannis tiliaria vancouverensis, Erannis tillaria, Erynnis propertius, Euceratia castella, Eupithecia columbiata, Eupithecia luteata, Eupithecia maestosa, Eupithecia minturata, Hemihyalea edwardsii, Hesperumia latipennis, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Hydriomena edenata, Hydriomena furcata, Hydriomena irata, Hydriomena nubilofasciata, Hydriomena perfracta, Hydriomena renunciata, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Lambdina fiscellaria, Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria, Lithophane contenta, Malacosoma californica pluvialis, Malacosoma californicum, Malacosoma constricta constricta, Malacosoma constrictum, Malacosoma disstria, Melissopus latiferreanus, Mesogona olivata, Mesogona rubra, Mompha decorella, Nadata gibbosa, Nadata oregonensis, Nematocampa resistaria, Nemoria darwiniata, Nemoria pulcherrima, Neoalcis californiaria, Nola minna, Oligocentria semirufescens, Operophtera danbyi, Operophtera occidentalis, Orgyia antiqua, Orthosia ferrigera, Orthosia hibisci, Orthosia pacifica, Perigonica tertia, Pero mizon, Phigalia plumogeraria, Phryganidia californica, Phyllodesma americana, Pleromelloida obliquata, Pseudexentera habrosana, Pseudoglaea olivata, Pseudorthodes irrorata, Schizura concinna, Schizura unicornis, Semiothisa respersata, Semiothisa teucaria, Sparganothis senecionana, Spilonota ocellana, Spiramater lutra, Synaxis cervinaria, Telphusa sedulitella, Tischeria consanguinea, Tortricidia testacea, Triphosa haesitata, Venusia pearsalli, Xenolechia querciphaga, Xenolechia staspa, Ypsolopha cervella

Fall Color Yes

Evergreen No

Native Range

CAN: British Columbia
USA: California, Oregon, Washington

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.