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NC Native Plant Society:
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Castanea pumila

Common Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinquapin, Chinkapin, Dwarf Chinquapin

Scientific Name:

Castanea pumila

Genus:

Castanea

Species Epithet:

pumila

Common Name:

Common Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinquapin, Chinkapin, Dwarf Chinquapin

Plant Type

Tree/Shrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Invasive Status:

(*Key)

Size:

6-12 ft., 12-36 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

White, Yellow, Green

Light:

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Dry

Bloom Time:

May, June, July

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Xeric forests and woodlands, generally in fire-maintained habitats. Vascular Plants of NC: “fairly common to at least locally common in the mountains, infrequent to at best fairly common in the Piedmont, and variously uncommon to reasonably common in the Coastal Plain (where there are more sandy soils than in the Piedmont).”

Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Highest Wildlife Value

Landscape Value:

Suitable for home landscapes

State Rank:

S4: Apparently secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

Excerpted from Flora of the Southeastern United States, Alan Weakley, 20 October 2020 "...twigs puberulent; spine-covered husk of fruit splitting into 2 sections, enclosing 1 nut; nut circular in cross-section, 7-19 mm in diameter"

wild area of a public park in Brunswick County, NC

The Scientific Name is Castanea pumila. You will likely hear them called Common Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinquapin, Chinkapin, Dwarf Chinquapin. This picture shows the Excerpted from Flora of the Southeastern United States, Alan Weakley, 20 October 2020

Lara Berkley

Leaves shorter, teeth shallower, and leaves hairy on the undersides as compared to American Chestnut.

Highlands, Macon County, NC

The Scientific Name is Castanea pumila. You will likely hear them called Common Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinquapin, Chinkapin, Dwarf Chinquapin. This picture shows the Leaves shorter, teeth shallower, and leaves hairy on the undersides as compared to American Chestnut. of Castanea pumila

Larry Mellichamp

One seed per bur; 10 ft shrub.

Montgomery Co.,NC

The Scientific Name is Castanea pumila. You will likely hear them called Common Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinquapin, Chinkapin, Dwarf Chinquapin. This picture shows the One seed per bur; 10 ft shrub. of Castanea pumila

Larry Mellichamp

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/plant_list.php

https://nc.audubon.org/700

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/castanea/pumila/

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/castanea-pumila/



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