Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Quercus (white oaks)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus muehlenbergii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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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.
Chinquapin or Yellow Chestnut Oak has some resemblance to Rock Chestnut Oak, but the leaves of Chinquapin Oak have sharper teeth along the margins. Chinquapin Oak leaves are also much smaller, typically being less than 5 inches long. Read more at Southern Piedmont Natural History.
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
COMMON NAME:
Chinquapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
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