Quercus muehlenbergii
Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Oak
Pronunciation
KWER-kus mew-len-BER-jee-eye
Family
Genus
Nativity
Vermont to Virginia, west to Nebraska, Mexico and Texas
Growth Habit
Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin Oak, is a 40 to 50 foot tall tree with an open, rounded crown at maturity.
Hardiness
5
Culture
Needs calcareous soils, heavy limestone deposits drier, rocky areas and full sun.
Facultative Status
Upland
Landscape Use
Fine specimen but no single attractive feature; just nice in old age to have in the landscape
Foliage
Lustrous dark green in summer. Alternate, simple, oblong-laceolate, small sinus lobes
Buds
Buds are small, clustered, red and imbricately scaled.
Bark
Reddish-gray and scaled but not deeply furrowed.
Flower
Insignificant, yellow-green, blooms in April.
Fruit
Acorn
Propagation
Seed.
Pests
None serious.