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Quercus montana, the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States , where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi , with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan .
Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus in the beech family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, inland primarily in the Mississippi–Ohio Valley as far as Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
The chinquapin oak also has smaller acorns than the chestnut oak or another similar species, the swamp chestnut oak (Q. michauxii), which have some of the largest acorns of any oaks. [2] Key characteristics of Quercus muehlenbergii include: [7] Leaf base is typically rounded [2] Veins and sinuses are regular [2]
swamp chestnut oak Fagaceae (beech family) 825 Quercus montana: chestnut oak; rock chestnut oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus muehlenbergii: chinquapin oak Fagaceae (beech family) 826 Quercus myrtifolia: myrtle oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus nigra: water oak Fagaceae (beech family) 827 Quercus nuttallii: Nuttall oak Fagaceae (beech family)
These two kinds of oak have sometimes been considered to be conspecific (belonging to the same species), in which case the earlier-published name Q. prinoides has priority, with the larger chinkapin oak then usually classified as Quercus prinoides var. acuminata and the shrubby form as Q. prinoides var. prinoides.
Quercus montana Willd. – chestnut oak – eastern North America (= Quercus prinus) Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm. – Chinkapin oak – eastern, central, and southwestern US (West Texas and New Mexico), northern Mexico; Quercus ningqiangensis S.Z.Qu & W.H.Zhang – southeastern China; Quercus oblongifolia Torr.
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