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Quercus muehlenbergii
chinquapin oak / chinkapin oak

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Infradivision Angiospermae

Family Name Fagaceae / oak, beech

Botanical Name Quercus muehlenbergii

Common Names chinquapin oak / chinkapin oak

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Vermont to New Jersey and Pennsylvania southward mostly in the mountains through Virginia and the Carolinas to northwestern Florida, westward to northern Mexico, south-central Texas, and Oklahoma, and north to Minnesota, Wisconsin, southern Michigan and Ontario.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests
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