Chestnut oak
Quercus prinus
CHESTNUT OAK
Fagaceae
E. North America
Location: map coordinates L-7 (near southeast corner of retention pond; northwest of parking lot #6B), N 39°11'12'' W 75°32'46''
Planting history: planted November 2010. Source: Donated by Octoraro Native Plant Nursery (via Dr. S. Yost).
Description:
Native species, State Rank S5 (very common in Delaware)
CHESTNUT OAK
Fagaceae
E. North America
Location: map coordinates L-7 (near southeast corner of retention pond; northwest of parking lot #6B), N 39°11'12'' W 75°32'46''
Planting history: planted November 2010. Source: Donated by Octoraro Native Plant Nursery (via Dr. S. Yost).
Description:
- medium- to large-sized deciduous tree
- etymology: Quercus = the Latin name; prinus = from Greek name for European oak
- formerly Quercus montana (synonym)
- leaves simple, alternate; with 7-16 pairs of large rounded teeth
- monoecious (separate male and female flowers on same tree); flowers tiny; male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers inconspicuous
- fruit is an acorn (develops from ovary of female flower)
- in the “white oak group”; leaf teeth rounded; acorn matures in 1 year; acorn in this species unusually bitter/inedible for white oak group
- end buds clustered (typical of oaks)
- native habitat fields, and dry to moist steep wooded slopes
- bark distinctive; deeply ridged, dark
Native species, State Rank S5 (very common in Delaware)
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