...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus muehlenbergii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus muehlenbergii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-009:
Quercus muehlenbergii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Quercus prinoides var. acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Quercus muehlenbergi
COMMON NAME:
Chinquapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_qumu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm080330_031
March Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Male flowers in slender naked drooping catkins, the pollen wind-blown, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_muehlenb_leaves
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_muehlengergii_bark
September
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JK Marlow jkm071018_005
October Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Bark is gray and scaly, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_muehlenbergii_1
October
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JK Marlow s051031_a
October Pickens County SC
Clemson University
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JK Marlow s051114_a
November Pickens County SC
Clemson University
Leaves toothed similarly to Q. montana, but sharp pointed & callous-tipped, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
COMPARE
leaves of Chestnut Oaks and Chinquapin Oaks