Introductory
SPECIES: Quercus prinus | Chestnut Oak 



ABBREVIATION : 
QUEPRI

SYNONYMS : 
   Quercus montana Willd.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   QUPR2


COMMON NAMES : 
   chestnut oak
   rock chestnut oak
   rock oak
   tanbark oak


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of chestnut oak is Quercus prinus
L. [38,49].  It has been placed within the subgenus Lepidobalanus, or
white oak group [28].  In the past, Quercus prinus was applied to swamp
chestnut oak (Q. michauxii) and Q. montana was applied to chestnut oak.
Quercus prinus was restored to chestnut oak by Fernald in 1950 [21,38].

Chestnut oak naturally hybridizes with the following species [38]:

  x Q. alba (white oak):  Q. X saulii Schneid.
  x Q. bicolor (swamp white oak)
  x Q. robur (English oak):  Q. X sargentii Rehd.
  x Q. stellata (post oak):  Q. X bernardiensis W. Wolf


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Chestnut oak is listed as endangered in Maine's Official List of
Endangered and Threatened Plants [15].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Jennifer H. Carey, December 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Carey, Jennifer H. 1992. Quercus prinus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Quercus prinus | Chestnut Oak