Quercus prinus
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Top photo USDA; bottom photo courtesy Renee Brecht; |
Britton & Brown; bottom USDA |
| Botanical name: | Quercus prinus |
| Common name: | chestnut oak |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 80' |
| Leaves: | alternate, simple, crenate margin |
| Flowering time: | monoecious; yellow green male catkins, reddish female flowers appearing as spikes |
| Habitat: | bloom early to mid May; fruit matures September to November of the first year |
| Range in New Jersey: | poor, often dry rocky ground, also in richer moister soils |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | statewide, only local in the Pine barrens (Hough) |
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