Taxon

Quercus prinoides

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Common name: dwarf chinkapin oak, scrub chestnut oak
Family: Fagaceae (beech family)
Distribution: e. North America
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A slow-growing, deciduous, drought tolerant, small native tree to large shrub. Twenty feet tall with similar spread with irregularly rounded crown. Can grow well in areas other oaks will not. Narrow, yellow-green leaves have coarse teeth along margins. Fall color can be reddish brown but not usually spectacular. This oak does well in dry, rocky, high pH soil. Heavy acorns are produced on young trees in alternating years, highly favored by wildlife.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: BCA: BO35 (BO35) • Accession: D1973-0136.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: OAK: BJ36 (BJ36) • Accession: D2001-0872.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: OAK: BK36 (BK36) • Accession: D2001-0872.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 4: OAK: BN35 (BN35) • Accession: D1973-0136.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: OAK: BN35 (BN35) • Accession: D1973-0136.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: OAK: BN35 (BN35) • Accession: D1973-0136.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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