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    • Quercus montana, the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan. It is also sometimes called rock oak because of its pr… See more

    Description

    As a consequence of its dry habitat and ridgetop exposure, Quercus montana is not usually a large tree, typically … See more

    Taxonomy and nomenclature

    Extensive confusion between the chestnut oak (Quercus montana) and the swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) has occurred, and some botanists have considered them to be the same species in the past. … See more

    Ecology

    This species is a predominant ridge-top tree in eastern North American hardwood forests. Young chestnut oaks are easily capable of reproducing from stump sprouts if cut. A significant amount of chestnut oaks in the Appa… See more

    The Rock Oak of the U.S. East
    The Rock Oak of the U.S. East
    The Amazing Chestnut Oak
    The Amazing Chestnut Oak
    Uses

    Chestnut oak trees are generally not the best timber trees because they are usually branched low and not very straight, but when they grow in better conditions, they are valuable for timber, which is marketed as 'mixed w… See more

    External links

    • Media related to Quercus montana (category) at Wikimedia Commons
    • Data related to Quercus montana at Wikispecies See more

     
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