Alleghany Chinkapin
Castanea pumila
Summary 2
Castanea pumila, commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States. The native range is from Maryland and extreme southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania south to central Florida, west to eastern Texas, and north to southern Missouri and Kentucky. The plant's habitat is dry sandy and rocky uplands and ridges mixed with oak and hickory to
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Form | shrub, tree |
|---|---|
| Fruit type | Nut |
| Fruit color | Brown, Green |
| Fruit season | Fall |
| Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
| Simple/compound | Simple |
| Leaf shape | Oblong |
| Leaf shape | Lanceolate |
| Leaf margin | Entire, Toothed |
| Leaf texture | Hairy Below |
| Bark color | Brown, Red |
| Bark texture | Furrowed, Plate-like, Scaly |
| Flower color | yellow |
| Bloom time | Spring |
