Quercus Michauxii "Swamp Chestnut Oak"

Quercus Michauxii ( Swamp Chestnut Oak) host plant

Did you know that 521 insects use Oak trees as their host plant?

Butterfly host plant for Banded Hairstreak ( Satyrium Calanus),Southern Hairstreak (Satyrium Favonius), White-M Hairstreak ( Parrhasius m Album), Horace's Duskywing ( Erynnis Horatius), Juvenal's Duskywing ( Erynnis Juvenalis), Sleepy Duskywing ( Erynnis Brizo), Zarucco Duskywing ( Erynnis Zarucco)

Pot Side: 3 gallon

Height: 18" to 32" 

Facts about Quercus Michauxii  host plant:

Majestic tall swampy tree, with rounded crown and pale gray bark. Produce sweetish acorns. The leaves are alternate, simple, relatively large, around 8" long, margins with numerous shallow lobes that often appear undulate rather than lobed.

* Family: Juglandaceae

* Zones: 5 to 9

* Height: 40 to 60 feet

* Bloom Time: April to May

* Sun: Full sun 

* Water: Medium to wet