Fagaceae
Yellow chestnut oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 北美黃橡, 北美黄橡, 黄坚果栎, 錐栗橡
- Czech
- Dub Muehlenbergův
- English
- Yellow chestnut oak, Chinkapin oak, Chinquapin oak, Chinkapin
- French
- Chêne chinkapin, Chêne châtaignier jaune, Chêne jaune
- German
- Gelbe Eiche
- Latvian
- Dzeltenais ozols
Synonyms
- Quercus acuminata (Michx.) Sarg.
- Quercus acuminata var. alexandri Farw.
- Quercus alexanderi Britton
- Quercus brayi Small
- Quercus castanea Muhl.
- Quercus castanea var. macrophylla Hampton
- Quercus muehlenbergii f. alexanderi (Britton) Trel.
- Quercus muehlenbergii f. muehlenbergii
- Quercus muehlenbergii var. alexandri Farw.
- Quercus muehlenbergii var. brayi (Small) Sarg.
- Quercus prinoides f. alexanderi (Britton) Steyerm.
- Quercus prinoides var. acuminata (Michx.) Gleason
- Quercus prinus var. acuminata Michx.
- Quercus rubra var. muehlenbergii Wenz.
- Quercus sentenelensis C.H.Mull.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kim Scarborough, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.