FNPS Plant Database

Quercus pagoda

cherrybark oak

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

cherrybark oak

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Quercus pagoda

Family:

Fagaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

60 - 90 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

NA

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Hurricane Wind Resistance

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Shade tree. This is a large oak.

Considerations:

Fallen/falling acorns can be a maintenance issue.

Availability:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagation:

Seed.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

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, Clay, Loam

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Host plant for the banded hairstreak, Edwards' hairstreak, gray hairstreak, white-M hairstreak Horace's duskywing and the Juvenal's duskywing butterflies.





Other insect feeders include leafhoppers, aphids, treehoppers, lace bugs, plant bugs, leaf beetles, weevils, long-horned beetles, gall wasps, walkingsticks, and moth caterpillars



  • Acorns are eaten by woodpeckers, white-breasted nuthatches, blue jays, ducks, small mammals, wild turkeys, white-tailed deer and black bear


  • Provides cover to birds and squirrels for resting and nesting




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Native Habitats:

Floodplains of large rivers, predominantly the greater Apalachicola River system.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Considered to be a valuable timber tree.

General Comments:

The range map for this species suggests that it might occur in the ApalachicolaRiver floodplains even where it had not been documented.

Citations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_pagoda https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/cherrybark_oak.html https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/quercus-pagoda/ https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=QUPA5

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.

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