Chestnut Oak

Quercus montana

Summary 2

Quercus prinus (syn. Quercus montana), the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan. It is also sometimes called "rock oak" because of montane and other rocky habitats. As a consequence of its dry habitat and...

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  1. (c) dogtooth77, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53817483@N00/1526803817
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_montana

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