Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape
Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak-ServeScape

Quercus prinus

Chestnut Oak

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Chestnut Oak is a native deciduous tree with a rounded crown and distinct tight ridges on mature bark.  The coarsely toothed foliage with paler undersides turn yellow brown in fall.  The acorns have warty cups that cover half the nut.  Best grown in full sun and rich well-drained acidic soils.  Drought tolerant.  Syn. with Quercus montana.

Quercus prinus supports a wide variety of moths and butterflies, including: the Imperial Moth, Banded Hairstreak, Edward's Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, White-M Hairstreak, Horace’s Duskywing, and the Juvenal’s Duskywing. 

Type: 

Tree

Origins:

Southeast N. America; GA Native

Height: 

50’ - 70’

Spread: 

50’ - 70’

Spacing: 

60’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 8

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Green

Season of Interest:

Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Oaks are susceptible to a large number of diseases, including oak wilt, blight, root rot, anthracnose, oak leaf blister, cankers, leaf spots, and powdery mildew.  Potential insect pests include scale, oak skeletonizer, leaf miner, galls, oak lace bugs, borers, caterpillars and nut weevils.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens,  Privacy Screen, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Crape Myrtle, Serviceberry, Magnolia

IMAGES: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, Quercus montana-Entire R 9 c (24164868335), CC BY 2.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Quercus prinus 18zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (30130542063), CC BY 2.0, (4) Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, Quercus montana-Leaf R 9 g (23572342253), CC BY 2.0, (5) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (31028946291), CC BY 2.0, (6) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (30896651320), CC BY 2.0, (7) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (30896648110), CC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

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