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CHESTNUT OAK
Quercus prinus Engelm.
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Rock oak, Rock chestnut oak, White oak.
FORM: Usually 60-70 feet high, occasionally 100 feet, diameter of trunk 3-4 feet, rarely
6-7 feet, bole generally divided 15-20 feet above ground into large limbs spreading into a
broad open rather irregular head.
BARK: 3/4-l l/2 inch thick, dark reddish-brown almost black, divided into broad rounded
ridges covered with closely appressed scales.
TWIGS: At first green, tinged with purple or bronze color, glabrous or pilose, later light
orange color or reddish-brown, ultimately dark gray or brown.
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, obovate or oblong to lanceolate, acute or acuminate or
rounded at apex, cuneate or rounded or subcordate at the narrow entire base, irregularly
and coarsely crenulate-toothed, with rounded, acute or sometimes nearly triangular oblique
teeth, yellow-green on the upper surface; lower paler and finely pubescent, 4 l/2 -9 inches
long, 1 l/2-3 inches wide.
FLOWERS: Monoecious; staminate in elongated hirsute aments, calyx yellow; pistillate in
short spikes on stout puberulous dark green peduncles, stigmas dark red.
FRUIT: Matures the first season; nut ovoid or ellipsoidal, rounded, rather obtuse or pointed
at apex, bright chestnut-brown, very lustrous, l-l 1/2 inch long, 5/8-l inch thick, about
half of its length enclosed, sometimes only at the base, in a turbinate or cup-shaped thin
cup.
WINTER BUDS: Ovoid, acute or acuminate, l/4-1/2 inch long, with bright chestnut-brown
scales ciliate on their margins.
WOOD: Heavy, hard, strong, tough, close-grained, durable in the soil.
USES: Rough lumber, pulp, railroad ties, firewood. Historical uses: fencing, tannin.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Irregularly and coarsely crenulate- toothed leaves;
bark divided into broad, rounded ridges; large buds with scales ciliate on their margins;
large acorns.
DISTRIBUTION IN ALABAMA: Mainly north and east of a line extending through the
southeast corner of Randolph, northwest corner of Chambers, northern part of Elmore, and
Autauga, through Perry, Hale, Tuscaloosa, and Fayette Counties.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE
1. A fruiting branch 4. A seed
2. A cup 5. Part of the base of a cup
3. Vertical section of a nut 6. A winter branchlet
49
Quercus prinus Engelm.
Plate 49
This information is provided by the
Alabama Forestry Commission
www.forestry.state.al.us

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Chestnut oak

  • 1. CHESTNUT OAK Quercus prinus Engelm. OTHER COMMON NAMES: Rock oak, Rock chestnut oak, White oak. FORM: Usually 60-70 feet high, occasionally 100 feet, diameter of trunk 3-4 feet, rarely 6-7 feet, bole generally divided 15-20 feet above ground into large limbs spreading into a broad open rather irregular head. BARK: 3/4-l l/2 inch thick, dark reddish-brown almost black, divided into broad rounded ridges covered with closely appressed scales. TWIGS: At first green, tinged with purple or bronze color, glabrous or pilose, later light orange color or reddish-brown, ultimately dark gray or brown. LEAVES: Alternate, simple, obovate or oblong to lanceolate, acute or acuminate or rounded at apex, cuneate or rounded or subcordate at the narrow entire base, irregularly and coarsely crenulate-toothed, with rounded, acute or sometimes nearly triangular oblique teeth, yellow-green on the upper surface; lower paler and finely pubescent, 4 l/2 -9 inches long, 1 l/2-3 inches wide. FLOWERS: Monoecious; staminate in elongated hirsute aments, calyx yellow; pistillate in short spikes on stout puberulous dark green peduncles, stigmas dark red. FRUIT: Matures the first season; nut ovoid or ellipsoidal, rounded, rather obtuse or pointed at apex, bright chestnut-brown, very lustrous, l-l 1/2 inch long, 5/8-l inch thick, about half of its length enclosed, sometimes only at the base, in a turbinate or cup-shaped thin cup. WINTER BUDS: Ovoid, acute or acuminate, l/4-1/2 inch long, with bright chestnut-brown scales ciliate on their margins. WOOD: Heavy, hard, strong, tough, close-grained, durable in the soil. USES: Rough lumber, pulp, railroad ties, firewood. Historical uses: fencing, tannin. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Irregularly and coarsely crenulate- toothed leaves; bark divided into broad, rounded ridges; large buds with scales ciliate on their margins; large acorns. DISTRIBUTION IN ALABAMA: Mainly north and east of a line extending through the southeast corner of Randolph, northwest corner of Chambers, northern part of Elmore, and Autauga, through Perry, Hale, Tuscaloosa, and Fayette Counties. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. A fruiting branch 4. A seed 2. A cup 5. Part of the base of a cup 3. Vertical section of a nut 6. A winter branchlet 49
  • 2. Quercus prinus Engelm. Plate 49 This information is provided by the Alabama Forestry Commission www.forestry.state.al.us