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 prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus prinoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-010:
Quercus prinoides FAMILY Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Quercus prinoides var. prinoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus prinoides
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_qupr_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl_qprinoides
September
In cultivation
Fire suppression has nearly or entirely extirpated it in the Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora.
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Ron Lance rwl_qprinoides2
September
In cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl1196_a
October
Similar to Q. muehlenbergii but shrubbier; leaves with 3-8 teeth per side, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
COMPARE
leaves of Chestnut Oaks and Chinquapin Oaks
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus prinoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-010:
Quercus prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Quercus prinoides var. prinoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus prinoides
1196
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Xeric upland glades, barrens, and woodlands, on clay soils derived from mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks or in sandy acidic soils, generally in sites which naturally burned rather frequently, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p048
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p096
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p205
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p082
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p280
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p22
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p278
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