Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus prinoides
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_qupr_001_lvd
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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.
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Ron Lance rwl_qprinoides2
September
In cultivation
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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.
COMPARE
leaves of Chestnut Oaks and Chinquapin Oaks