| Quercus prinoides | |
| Author | Willd. 1801 Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 397 |
| Synonyms | castanea var. prinoides (Willd.) Muhl. ex
Engelm. 1877 chinquapin Pursh.1814 chincapin (F.Michx.) Raf. 1838 muehlenbergii var. humilis (Marshall) Britton 1886 prinoides var. rufescens Rehder 1907 prinus var. chincapin F.Michx. 1811 prinus var.pumila Michx. 1801 prinus var. humilis Marsh. 1785 rufescens (Rehd.) Bicknell 1918 |
| Local names | dwarf chinquapin oak ; scrub chesnut oak ; |
| Range | Eastern
USA; 0-500 m; introduced in Europe in 1823; |
| Growth habit | 0.5-2
m tall, spreading, layering, bushy; |
| Leaves | 7-15 x 2.5-6 cm; deciduous; oboval to lanceolate; apex acuminate, base cuneate; margin entire with pointed teeth; shiny green, hairless above; slightly pubescent beneath with stellate hairs; 5-8 vein pairs; petiole 1-1.5 cm long; |
| Flowers | spring; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.8-2.7 cm long, 1-1.2 cm in diameter; singly or paired; sessile or sometimes on a 3-8 mm long stalk; enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup 1.2-1.3 cm in diameter; cotyledons distinct; |
|
Bark, twigs and |
bark whitish or grey, thin, scaly, wrinkled; twig brown, becoming grey; bud brown, globose, pointed, 1-3 mm in diameter; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; prefers dry, acidic, sandy soils; withstands calcareous soils; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : n° 194 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Subsection Prinoideae; -- Closely related to Q.muehlenbergii (variety ?), but Q.prinoides thrives in acidic, sandy soils, and Q.muehlenbergii in calcareous ones...Moreover Q.prinoides bears acorns even on young plants, and layers all around; for Zander and Pierce, 1979, both are identical...; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
-- Q.prinoides var. rufescens
= leaves densely stellate hairy beneath, weakly different in shape; occurs
at Long Island and Martha's Vineyard; |
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