PLANT DIFFERENT Florida has many oak species Florida is home to 25 native oak species, with a tree or shrub form found in nearly every natural community throughout the state. In addition, the Florida Plant Atlas recognizes 14 natural oak hybrids. Oaks provide beauty, shade, carbon sequestration and are incredibly important for wildlife. Acorns are used by bear, deer, fox squirrels, gray squirrels, flying squirrels, turkey, quail, ducks, raccoons, opossums, rabbits, woodpeckers, crows, jays and some insects. Oak leaves are eaten by many moth and some butterfly caterpillars, in addition to grasshoppers, katydids, leafminers, wasps and beetles. BRUCE KIRCHOFF PEG URBAN C. HOUDER Swamp Chestnut Oak fall color. 42 FANN Wholesale Native Plant & Service Directory | Fall 2017 - 2018 Horace's Duskywing butterfly, Erynnis horatius. Caterpillars feed on native oak leaves. Oak production of moth and butterfly caterpillars is essential for feeding wild baby birds. Young Swamp Chestnut Oak. This tree naturally grows in moist forests, bottomlands and along streams, but adapts very well to landscape and roadside use. Towhee in Sand Live Oak. This oak looks omewhat like a small version of our Southern Live Oak. A distinguishing characterstic is the leaf, the edges of which roll down and inward. Fall color of the Turkey Oak, pictured here in natural scrub habitat. Turkey Oak Quercus laevis • Small tree to 40 feet • Coastal plain from Louisiana to Virginia • In Florida, south to Lee and Martin Counties • Erect form • Open, irregular crown • Large leaves • Fall color, deciduous • Fast growing • Drought tolerant • Well drained, sandy soils • Red oak, but no commercial use Sand Live Oak Quercus geminata • Small-medium size tree in landscape setting • Wind-pruned thicket-forming shrub on coastal dunes • Shrub in fire-pruned inland scrub areas • Found along coast to Virginia and Mississippi • Throughout Florida to Broward & Collier counties • Very tough, adaptable tree • Relatively fast growing • Super drought tolerant • Tolerant of salt spray • Small leaves but evergreen KENNETH COLE SCHNEIDER What you plant, matters PEG URBAN Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus michauxii • Medium-large specimen tree • Found throughout Southeastern U.S. • In Florida, zone 9A and above • Highly adaptable to wet /dry sites • Excellent for highway plantings • Compact, narrow, rounded crown • Tall, straight trunk • Clear trunk for several feet • Flat, light gray bark • Large chestnut-like leaves • Fall color, deciduous • Big acorns • White oak timber
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