PLANTS Profile for Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)

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PLANTS Profile

Quercus prinus L.
chestnut oak

Symbol:

QUPR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fagaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Quercus prinus L.

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Synonyms:
Quercus prinus L.

QUMO4

Quercus montana Willd.

Distribution:
Quercus prinus L.


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Quercus prinus L.

View 6 genera in Fagaceae, 206 species in Quercus

Classification:
Quercus prinus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Fagales
Family	Fagaceae – Beech family
Genus	Quercus L. – oak
Species	Quercus prinus L. – chestnut oak

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Quercus prinus L.

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
Quercus montana
rock chestnut oak		Threatened
Maine:
Quercus montana
chestnut oak		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Quercus prinus L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU-

UPL

FACU-

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Quercus prinus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19398.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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Quercus prinus L.

Silvics of North America

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