Castanea ozarkensis

Ozark chinkapin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Castanea
Species: C. ozarkensis
Binomial name
Castanea ozarkensis
Natural range of Castanea ozarkensis

Castanea ozarkensis, common name Ozark chinkapin (also spelled chinquapin) and also known as Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis, is a species of tree that because of chestnut blight grows only as a small tree or large shrub in the United States.[1] It is in the Castanea genus that includes chestnuts and types of chestnut known as chinkapins. It grows in the Ozark Mountains and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.[1] The nuts it produces provided food for indigenous people, early settlers, and various aninals including squirrel, chipmunk, deer, turkey, and bobwhite.[1] It is susceptible to chestnut blight.[1]

Castanea ozarkensis was described by William Willard Ashe and published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 50 (11): 360-361. 1923.[2]

A large one, designated a Champion Tree grows in Barry County, Missouri.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Castanea ozarkensis - Plant Finder". Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. ↑ "Castanea ozarkensis". Tropicos.org. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ozark Chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)". American Forests. 15 September 2016.
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