Castanea ozarkensis
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| Species: | C. ozarkensis
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Castanea ozarkensis, common name Ozark chinkapin (also spelled chinquapin) and also known as Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis, is a species of tree that because of chestnut blight grows only as a small tree or large shrub in the United States.[1] It is in the Castanea genus that includes chestnuts and types of chestnut known as chinkapins. It grows in the Ozark Mountains and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.[1] The nuts it produces provided food for indigenous people, early settlers, and various animals including squirrel, chipmunk, deer, turkey, and bobwhite.[1] It is susceptible to chestnut blight.[1]
Castanea ozarkensis was described by William Willard Ashe and published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 50 (11): 360-361. 1923.[2]
A large one, designated a Champion Tree, grows in Barry County, Missouri.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Castanea ozarkensis – Plant Finder". Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ "Castanea ozarkensis". Tropicos.org. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Ozark Chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)". American Forests. 15 September 2016.