Quercus prinus

• BOTANICAL NAME: Quercus prinus
• COMMON NAME: Chestnut Oak
• FAMILY: Fagaceae
• NATIVITY: Pennsylvania to Illinois to Georgia
• GROWTH HABIT:  60-70’ (90’)
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone 5 to 8(9)
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Dry rocky soils, throughout the eastern US
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS:  Climax
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  Upland
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  Grows well in very dry rocky soils
• FOLIAGE: Resembles Quercus michauxii, but slightly more obovate
• BUDS:  Clustered, pointy buds, imbricately scaled
• BARK:  Deeply scultped bark
• FRUIT: Acorns
• PESTS: None serious