FNPS Plant Database
Quercus austrina
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Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Fagaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Somewhat moist, no flooding
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A
USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Ecology
Wildlife:
Larval host for brown duskywing butterfly ( Erynnis horatius ), and gray hairstreak ( Strymon melinus ), and white-M hairstreak ( Parrhasius m-album ).
Birds, squirrels, racoons, deer and other wildlife eat the seeds.
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
Citations:
Huegel, Craig, N. 2010. Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (wildlife uses)
Minno, Marc and Maria Minno. 1999. Florida butterfly gardening. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
