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	Chestnut oak
		The chestnut oak (Quercus prinus, or Quercus montana in some references) is one of the chestnut oak subgroup of the white oak group, section Leucobalanus of the genus Quercus.
		The chestnut oak is easily distinguished from the swamp white oak because that tree has whitened undersides on the leaves.
		The acorns of the chestnut oak are some of the largest of native American oaks, surpassed in size only by the bur oak[?] and possibly swamp chestnut oak, and are a valuable wildlife food.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Chestnut_oak.html (281 words)

	WildWNC.org : Trees : Chestnut Oak
		Chestnut oak is a mediumsize tree; at maturity it usually attains a height of 20 to 24 m (65 to 80 ft) and a d.b.h.
		It is particularly susceptible to the twig-blight fungus Diplodia longispora, a die-back and branch canker caused by Botryodiplodia spp., and, from Virginia northward, stem cankers caused by Nectria galligena and Strumella coryneoidea.
		The acorns of chestnut oak are frequently infested with larvae of the nut weevils Curculio spp.
	wildwnc.org /trees/Quercus_prinus.html (2970 words)

	Ohio Trees - Chestnut Oak
		Chestnut Oak, so named due to the resemblance of its leaves to the American Chestnut, is also called Rock Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, or Mountain Oak, as it is often found in dry, rocky soils at the tops of hilly ridges.
		Chestnut Oak is monoecious, having pollen-bearing catkins in mid-spring that fertilize the inconspicuous female flowers on the same tree.
		Chestnut Oak along with Swamp Chestnut Oak, Swamp White Oak, and English Oak is known for the long penduncles that attach to its shiny acorns, which ripen in early to mid-autumn.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/oak_chestnut.htm (551 words)

	Swamp chestnut oak
		Swamp chestnut oak, also called basket or cow oak, is a handsome member of the white oak group known for its large, fuzzy, coarsely toothed leaves and big acorns, some of the largest in Florida.
		Swamp chestnut oaks are found from New Jersey to Florida and throughout the Mississippi River Valley, Illinois, and Ohio.
		Swamp chestnut oak is a large, deciduous tree that averages 60' to 80' in height with a 2' to 3' diameter.
	www.sfrc.ufl.edu /4h/Swamp_chestnut_oak/swamches.htm (394 words)

	Floridata: Quercus michauxii
		Swamp chestnut oak grows in bottomlands, along streams, and in rich, moist forests on the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont of the southeastern U.S. It ranges from New Jersey to northern Florida, west to eastern Texas and north through the Mississippi drainage basin to southern Indiana and Illinois.
		The wood is similar to that of white oak; it is light brown, strong and durable, and used for flooring, furniture and veneer.
		Swamp chestnut oak is a member of the white oak group, characterized by acorns that mature in a single season and leaves that lack bristle tips.
	www.floridata.com /ref/q/quer_mic.cfm (905 words)

	Oak
		The many species of oak are grouped as white and chestnut oaks; red, fl, and pin oaks; and live oaks.
		This is a green, glossy scale partly sunken in the bark, that occurs on the English oak and chestnut oak.
		Oak is a preferred host of the gypsy moth, and solid stands of oak are subject to periodic defoliation.
	www.caes.state.ct.us /PlantPestHandbookFiles/pphO/pphoak.htm (2488 words)

	Chestnut Oak
		The Chestnut Oak is a member of the Plant Kingdom and it is classified in the Oak family.
		Chestnut Oaks have yellow-green leaves that are shiny on the top but rather pale on the bottom with many fine hairs.
		One of the best-known characteristics of the chestnut oak is its acorns, which are actually the fruit of the tree.
	www.radfordpl.org /wildwood/today/Plant_articles/Chestnut_Oak.htm (479 words)

	HON Allergy Glossary, Fagaceae Pollens
		Oak wood is an important source of hardwood lumber and is often used in flooring, construction, shipbuilding and furniture.
		Black oaks (such as the scarlet, pin, willow, live and shingle oaks), on the other hand, are characterised by leaves with sharp-tipped lobes and acorns (the fruit of the oak) that typically mature in 2 years.
		The chestnut or Castanea genus is a member of Fagaceae family of trees and shrubs, typically found in Northern temperate and subtropical regions.
	www.hon.ch /Library/Theme/Allergy/Glossary/fagaceae.html (536 words)

	Chestnut Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Chestnut Oak is a subset member of the white oak group.
		Oak is a hardwood providing a major portion of the annual lumber in the United States.
		Oak trees are generally slow-growing and long-lived and tend to be relatively resistant to diseases and insects.
	members.tripod.com /homedlc/oak17.html (142 words)

	Chestnut Oak trees
		Chestnut Oak Trees: Chestnut Oak is a medium-sized, native, deciduous tree.
		At maturity, chestnut oak is usually 65 to 80 feet tall and 20 to 30 inches in diameter @breast height.
		Chestnut Oak is usually found on dry, rocky, infertile soil with a low moisture-holding capacity, although it grows best in rich, well-drained soils along streams.
	www.trees-online.com /types_of_trees/chestnut_oak.shtml (123 words)

	Ohio Trees - Swamp Chestnut Oak
		Swamp Chestnut Oak, along with Swamp White Oak, Chestnut Oak, and English Oak,is known for the long penduncles that attach to its acorns, which ripen in early to mid-autumn.
		Swamp Chestnut Oak along with Swamp White Oak, Chestnut Oak, and English Oak, is known for the long penduncles that attach to its acorns, which ripen in early to mid-autumn.
		The immature bark of Swamp Chestnut Oak is light gray and very scaly to flaky, while its mature bark develops ridges that break into light gray blocks separated by dark gray, deep furrows; both types of bark may be similar in appearance to that of Chinquapin Oak, another member of the White Oak group.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/trees/oak_swampchestnut.htm (537 words)

	Quercus prinus: Chestnut Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Chestnut Oak is a deciduous, native tree which reaches 50 to 60 feet in height with an equal spread when grown in the open.
		Chestnut Oak has been used for planting in parking lots and could be tested and used more for planting along streets and as a shade tree.
		Chestnut Oak is naturally found on poor, dry, sandy or rocky landscapes.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /ST557 (582 words)

	Plant Information Center - NC Trees - Swamp Chestnut Oak
		Swamp chestnut oak also is known as basket oak or cow oak.
		Swamp chestnut oak leaves are roughly oval, 6 to 8 inches long; 3 to 5 inches wide.
		Swamp chestnut oak also is used for barrels, construction, flooring and tools and as white oak lumber.
	www.ibiblio.org /pic/NCTrees/swampchestnutoak.htm (267 words)

	Hobson Oaks Layout Map and Tree Facts
		This Oak is frequently confused with Pin Oak (the shapes of their leaves and young trees are similar), and also with Black Oak, Red Oak, and Shumard Oak on occasion.
		Scarlet Oak is an inhabitant of dry ridges, bluffs, and hills due to its superior drought tolerance.
		The White oak is fairly tolerant of a variety of habitats, and may be found on ridges, in valleys, and in between, and in dry and moist habitats, and in moderately acid and alkaline soils.
	mcnees.org /mainpages/misc/trees/trees.htm (1611 words)

	Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Vegetation of Black Rock Forest -- Chestnut Oak Woods
		Chestnut oak woods form on steep, dry, upper slopes, usually those with a southern exposure.
		Chestnut oak woods grow on ridges and steep upper slopes where soils are thin and rocky and have more than 50 percent of the surface covered by boulders or exposed bedrock.
		Most forest stands dominated by chestnut oak were formed by the sprouting of stumps after fire or logging.
	www.bbg.org /sci/publications/blackrock/veg/brfchestnutoak.html (349 words)

	Chestnut Oak
		Chestnut oak, also known as mountain oak and rock oak, has acquired these names from its leaf, which resembles that of the chestnut, and from its fondness for rocky or mountain ridges.
		It is found widely distributed throughout the mountains on dry gravely and rocky slopes, ridges and stream banks, and less commonly in the upland part of the State in similar dry, rocky situations.
		The wood is generally similar to that of the other upland white oaks, heavy, hard, strong, and durable in contact with the soil.
	www.dof.virginia.gov /trees/oak-chestnut.shtml (282 words)

	Chestnut Oak
		The Chestnut Oak tree, Quercus prinus, is a medium-sized, native, deciduous tree.
		Chestnut Oak trees are also called Rock Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, or Mountain Oak.
		Chestnut Oak is amazingly free of major pest and disease problems, a testament to superior genetics in all aspects of its growth cycle.
	naturehills.com /new/product/productdetails.aspx?proname=Chestnut+Oak (179 words)

	Chestnut oak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chestnut oak (Quercus montana, or Quercus prinus in some references) is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect.
		The Chestnut oak is readily identified by its massively-ridged dark gray-brown bark, the thickest of any eastern North American oak.
		The acorns are 1.5-3 cm long and 1-2 cm broad, among the largest of native American oaks, surpassed in size only by the Bur oak and possibly Swamp chestnut oak, and are a valuable wildlife food.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chestnut_oak (369 words)

	Chestnut Oak Stable - Dressage in Doswell, VA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Chestnut Oak Stable is a full-service dressage facility in Central Virginia.
		Bordering historic Meadow Farm, birthplace of Secretariat, Chestnut Oak Stable is just 5 minutes off of Interstate I-95 at the Doswell exit.
		Chestnut Oak offers a full-size outdoor dressage ring (20m x 60m), a small indoor dressage ring (20m x 40m) with access to a jump arena and miles of trails.
	www.chestnutoak.net /index.html (125 words)

	Swamp Chestnut Oak, UA Fort Smith Arboretum, UA Fort Smith
		The Swamp chestnut is also known as "basket oak" refering to the long, thin strips of wood that are split from this tree and used to make baskets.
		Bark: The young bark of Swamp Chestnut Oak is light gray and very scaly, while its mature bark develops ridges that break into light gray blocks separated by dark gray, deep trenches; both types of bark may be similar in appearance to that of the Chestnut or Basket Oak (Q.prinus).
		Foliage: Swamp Chestnut Oak has alternate, simple leaves that are roughly oval, leathery, 4 - 6 inches long and 1 1/2 - 4 inches wide.
	www.uafortsmith.edu /Arboretum/SwampChestnutOak?skin= (326 words)

	Quercus spp english
		Worldwide, the oaks (Quercus spp.) consist of 275 to 500 species that can be separated into three groups based on their microanatomy: the live or evergreen oak group, the red oak group (Erythrobalanus), and the white oak group (Leucobalanus).
		The sapwood of oak is white to very light brown, while the heartwood is light to dark brown in the white oak group and reddish brown in the red oak group.
		Oak wood has a course texture; it is heavy, straight-grained, hard, tough, very stiff, and strong.
	www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/quercussp.html (636 words)

	Swamp Chestnut Oak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii) is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus, native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southern and central United States, from New Jersey south to northern Florida, and west to Missouri and eastern Texas; it is rare north of the Ohio River.
		However, the Swamp Chestnut Oak is a larger tree which differs in preferred habitat, and the bark does not have the distinctive deep, rugged ridging of the Chestnut Oak, being thinner, scaly, and paler gray.
		The Swamp Chestnut Oak is also called "Cow Oak" because of its large, relatively sweet (for an oak) acorns, which are readily eaten by livestock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swamp_Chestnut_Oak (342 words)

	Kew: Plants: Chestnut-leaved Oak, Quercus castaneifolia
		The chestnut-leaved oak was introduced to Britain from the Caucasus and Iran as seed in 1843.
		The specimen on the lawn behind the Waterlily House was the first introduction, planted in 1846 during the random planting of the new 45 acres.
		In 1987, the year of the great hurricane when many trees surrounding it on this lawn were blown over, the chestnut-leaved oak withstood the forces of nature without the loss of a single limb and now stands dominating the location.
	www.rbgkew.org.uk /plants/trees/chestnutoak.html (171 words)

	Chinkapin Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Foliage of chinkapin oak is not frequently bothered by insect or diseases, remaining presentable throughout the growing season.
		Chinkapin oak¹s sweet acorns are very palatable to a variety of animals, thus serving as an environmentally friendly food source for attracting urban wildlife.
		Although chinkapin oaks have been reported to contract oak wilt, they are also reported to be less susceptible than many alternative red oak or live oak species in Texas landscapes.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /cemap/oakchinkapin/chinkapinshade.html (408 words)

	Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Swamp Chestnut Oak is shares some common characteristics with the chestnut oak, but there are also some noticable differences.
		It should be noted that swamp chestnut oak will tolerate wetter than average soils and periodic short-term flooding, but will not tolerate heavy continuous, or long-term seasonal flooding, and urban foresters should consider another tree such as overcup oak, or other flood-tolerant tree for those conditions.
		Swamp Chestnut Oak is a tree that definitely deserves a closer look and more urban trials.
	shade-trees.tripod.com /families/selections/swamp_chestnut_oak.html (243 words)

	American Chestnut - Old Oak Trail by Joe Reynolds - Atlantic Highlands Herald - NJ
		According to the non-profit organization, The American Chestnut Foundation, located in Bennington, Vermont, several agricultural experiment stations from Maine to Georgia have been successfully crossbreding American chestnuts with blight-resistant Asian chestnut trees or with similar species to maintain healthy American trees as a nut-bearing population.
		Before the blight, the American chestnut tree was so widespread that not only could one see a tree as far away as the Appalachian Mountains, but many could have been found right here in Atlantic Highlands and Monmouth County.
		Attempting to restore the American chestnut tree to its original status as the "King of the American forest" is the non-profit organization, The American Chestnut Foundation, located in Bennington, Vermont.
	www.ahherald.com /oaktrail/oot010222_american_chestnut.htm (1032 words)

	Chestnut Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The trunks of mature trees are 3-4 feet in diameter; the leaves have either rounded or sharp teeth and are 4 to 9 inches long.
		The strong, durable wood of the better-formed trees has the same uses as that of other oaks.
		The famous Washington Oak, an exceptionally large chestnut oak which grew on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York, is estimated to have been 800 to 1,000 years old.
	ostermiller.org /tree/chestnutoak.html (148 words)

	Pollen and Mold: Chestnut tree
		Beech pollen closely resembles oak pollen in morphology.
		Oaks outrank any other group of trees in Missouri forests in number of species.
		More cases of hay fever are attributed to oaks than to any other tree.
	www.co.st-louis.mo.us /doh/pollen_site/TreeChestnut.html (92 words)

	Swamp Chestnut Oak
		the appearance of its bark and branches it closely resembles the ordinary white oak, but may be distinguished by means of the leaf and acorn.
		The leaves are oval, broader towards the point and notched on the edge somewhat like the chestnut oak.
		The acorn, which is a bright shiny brown and set in a rather shallow cup, is considerably larger than that of the white oak.
	www.dof.virginia.gov /trees/oak-swamp-chestnut.shtml (245 words)

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