Fagaceae
Dwarf chinquapin oak
Quercus prinoides
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 矮錐栗橡
- Czech
- Dub křovitý
- English
- Dwarf chinquapin oak, Dwarf chinkapin oak
Synonyms
- Quercus castanea var. prinoides (Willd. ex Muhl) Muhl. ex Engelm.
- Quercus chincapin Raf.
- Quercus chinquapin Pursh
- Quercus muehlenbergii var. humilis (Marshall) Britton
- Quercus prinoides f. rufescens (Rehder) House
- Quercus prinoides var. prinoides
- Quercus prinoides var. rufescens Rehder
- Quercus prinus var. chincapin F.Michx.
- Quercus prinus var. humilis Marshall
- Quercus prinus var. pumila Michx.
- Quercus rufescens (Rehder) E.P.Bicknell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.