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Quercus prinoides - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Fagaceae

Habitat

Dry rocky or sandy soils of slopes and barrens. More frequent near the coast.

Associates

 Distribution

MA south to NC, west to northern IN, southern MI, and OK.

Morphology

Colonial shrub to 5 meters. Leaves oblong-obovate, to 10 cm long and 6 cm wide, typically tomentose below; lobes acute, each ending in a callous papilla; lateral veins usually 5-8 pairs.

Notes

Flowers mid April to early June

Wetland indicator: FACU

Also called dwarf chestnut oak. Similar to Q. muehlenbergii Englem but smaller and with fewer pairs of lateral veins. Photographed at the Albany Pine Bush.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
 

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