Fagaceae
Chinquapin
Castanea pumila
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Castanea
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- كستناء قزمي
- Croatian
- Mali američki kesten
- English
- Chinquapin, Allegheny chinquapin, Chinkapin, American chinquapin, Dwarf chestnut
- Japanese
- チンカピン
- Latvian
- Zemā kastaņa
- Luxembourgish
- Pumilakäschtebam
- Russian
- Каштан низкорослый
- Ukrainian
- Каштан низькорослий
Synonyms
- Castanea alnifolia Nutt.
- Castanea alnifolia subsp. floridana (Sarg.) A.E.Murray
- Castanea alnifolia var. floridana Sarg.
- Castanea alnifolia var. pubescens Nutt.
- Castanea ashei (Sudw.) Sudw. ex Ashe
- Castanea chincapin hort. ex K.Koch
- Castanea floridana (Sarg.) Ashe
- Castanea floridana var. angustifolia (Ashe) Ashe
- Castanea floridana var. arcuata (Ashe) Ashe
- Castanea floridana var. margaretta (Ashe) Ashe
- Castanea floridana var. margarettae (Ashe) Ashe
- Castanea margaretta (Ashe) Ashe
- Castanea margaretta var. angustifolia Ashe
- Castanea margaretta var. arcuata Ashe
- Castanea nana Muhl.
- Castanea paucispina Ashe
- Castanea pumila subsp. ashei (Sudw.) A.E.Murray
- Castanea pumila var. ashei Sudw.
- Castanea pumila var. margarettae Ashe
- Castanea pumila var. nana (Elliott) A.DC.
- Castanea pumila var. pumila
- Fagus nana Du Roi ex Steud.
- Fagus pumila L.
- Fagus pumila var. serotina Walter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Luke Tidd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael Ellis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cole Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jesse Corriveau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.