Chinkapin Oak

Scientific Name:   Quercus muehlenbergii


Large, long-lived tree, often attaining immense size. Leaves variable, smaller at the top of the tree. Bark white and flaky, similar to other members of the White Oak group. Clustered terminal buds (like all oaks).

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Chinkapin Oak


Genus species: Quercus muehlenbergii
Common Name: Chinkapin Oak
Family Name: Fagaceae  
Deciduous trees; leaves alternate, simple, stipulate; flowers unisexual, regular, in catkins or spikes or solitary; fruit a nut subtended by an involucre (spiny bur or scaly cup).
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Identified by:A. Swanson
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