Quercus Nigra "Water Oak"

Quercus Nigra "Water 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 Size: 3 Gallon

Height: 1 to 2 feet 

Facts about Quercus Nigra host plant:

This tree is an excellent host plant for so many Hairstreak butterflies. The leaves are alternate, simple, entire, extremely variable in shape, sometimes three lobed but more commonly spatulate, typically around 6" long. The flower male borne in narrow, hanging catkins, around 3 " long. Fruit: acorn over 1/2" long, borne in a shallow cup that encloses only the base of the nut.

* Family: Fagaceae

* Zones: 6 to 9

* Height: 50 to 80 feet

* Bloom Time: April 

* Sun: Full sun 

* Water: Medium to wet