Botanical Name: Quercus muehlenbergii
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Common Name: Chinkapin Oak  
Plant photo of: Quercus muehlenbergii
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

40-60'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Grey, White

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Mountain States Nursery

  • Description

  • Notes

Chinkapin oak is a slow-growing, large, deciduous tree, with a rounded open crown, eventually reaching 40 to 50 feet tall and wide, though it can eventually grow larger. It has an unusual, oblong, coarsely toothed leaf, shiny, bright green above and whitish underneath. Fall color is orange to bronze. Acorns are oval and about 1 inch long, with half of the nut encloped in its cap. Bark is white to light grey and flaky.