DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Chinkapin oak is widely distributed throughout much of eastern and
central North America [11].  Its range extends from New England and
Pennsylvania southward mostly in the mountains through Virginia and the
Carolinas to northwestern Florida, westward to northern Mexico,
south-central Texas, and Oklahoma, and north to Minnesota, Wisconsin,
southern Ontario, and southern Michigan [23,26].

Local and disjunct populations occur in western Texas, New Mexico, and
northeastern Mexico [36,69].  In the eastern United States, chinkapin
oak is relatively rare throughout much of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal
plains [32].  It is uncommon or rare in Pennsylvania [32] and in New
England [58].  Chinkapin oak reaches greatest abundance in the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys [23,32].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  FL  GA  IL  IN  IA  KS
     KY  LA  MD  MA  MI  MN  MS  MO  NE  NJ
     NM  NY  NC  OH  OK  PA  RI  SC  TN  TX
     VT  VA  WV  WI  ON  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BIBE  BLRI  BUFF  CACA  CHCH  COLO
     CUGA  CUVA  EFMO  FOCA  FODO  GWCA
     GWMP  GRSM  HOSP  MACA  NATR  NERI
     OZAR  ROCR  SHIL  SUCR  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K038  Cedar glades
   K089  Black belt
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    14  Northern pin oak
    27  Sugar maple
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    42  Bur oak
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    57  Yellow poplar
    60  Beech - sugar maple
   236  Bur oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Chinkapin oak grows as a codominant with bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
and hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) in gallery forests of the Konza
Prairie in northeastern Kansas [3].  In most other locations it occurs
as scattered individuals within a mixed overstory.

Related categories for Species: Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak