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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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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Ron Lance rwl_qprinoides
September
In cultivation
Fire suppression has nearly or entirely extirpated it in the Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora.
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
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