NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Quercus montana [=Quercus prinus]

Scientific Name:	Quercus montana [=Quercus prinus]
Genus:	Quercus
Species Epithet:	montana
Common Name:	Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Rock Oak, Mountain Chestnut Oak
Plant Type	Tree
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	36-72 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	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:	April
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Xeric forests of ridges and slopes, shale barrens, occasionally in mesic situations especially where rocky. Common to very common, and one of the dominant trees, in the NC mountains and Piedmont foothills. Generally common, at least locally, in the central Piedmont (especially in the Uwharrie Mountains), but mostly uncommon or infrequent in the eastern Piedmont. Very rare in the western Coastal Plain, and far northeastern 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:	Recommended and Available
State Rank:	S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Rock Chestnut Oak bark is deeply furrowed and divided into blocky ridges. Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes Co., NC Lisa Lofland Gould
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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