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Chinquapin oak is usually a tree, but occasionally shrubby, while dwarf chinquapin oak is a low-growing, clone-forming shrub. The two species generally occur in different habitats: chinquapin oak is typically found on calcareous soils and rocky slopes, while dwarf chinquapin oak is usually found on acidic substrates, primarily sand or sandy ...
The leaves of dwarf chinkapin oak closely resemble those of chinkapin oak, but are smaller: 5–15 centimeters (2–6 inches) long, compared to 10–18 cm (4–7 in) long for chinkapin oak. The acorns are 15–25 millimeters ( 1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) long, with the cup enclosing about half of the acorn.
Chinquapin or chinkapin, some of the species in the chestnut genus Castanea American chinquapin, Castanea pumila , a dwarf chestnut native to southeastern quarter of the U.S. Chinkapin oak ( Quercus muehlenbergii ), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chinkapins
Chrysolepis chrysophylla is a species of flowering shrub or tree in the beech family known by the common names golden chinquapin, giant chinquapin, and western chinquapin. It is native to the Pacific coast of the United States.
Castanopsis, commonly called chinquapin or chinkapin, is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the beech family, Fagaceae. The genus contains about 140 species , [ 1 ] which are today restricted to tropical and subtropical eastern Asia .
Castanopsis cuspidata (Japanese chinquapin; Japanese tsuburajii, 円椎) is a species of Castanopsis native to southern Japan and southern Korea. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 20–30 m tall, related to beech and oak. The leaves are 5–9 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, leathery in texture, with an entire or irregularly toothed ...
The leaves are 12–20 centimetres (4 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long and 6–10 cm (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 –4 in) broad, shallowly lobed with 10–15 rounded lobes on each margin; they are virtually identical to the leaves of swamp chestnut oak and chinkapin oak, but the trees can readily be distinguished by the bark, that of the chinkapin oak ...
Coahuila scrub oak (Quercus intricata), in the US, it is reported at only two sites: One in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park, and the other 15 miles SW of Van Horn. Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) [note 1] Gray oak (Quercus grisea), in the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Emory oak (Quercus emoryi)