Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut Oak

Quercus prinus ~ Chestnut OakChestnut Oak is a native deciduous tree with a rounded crown and distinct tight ridges on mature bark. The coarsely toothed foliage with paler undersides turn yellow brown in fall. The acorns have warty cups that cover half the nut. Best grown in full sun and rich well drained acidic soils. Drought tolerant. Syn. with Quercus montana. Quercus prinus supports a wide variety of moths and butterflies, including: the Imperial Moth, Banded Hairstreak,

Chestnut Oak is a native deciduous tree with a rounded crown and distinct tight ridges on mature bark.  The coarsely toothed foliage with paler undersides turn yellow brown in fall.  The acorns have warty cups that cover half the nut.  Best grown in full sun and rich well-drained acidic soils.  Drought tolerant.  Syn. with Quercus montana.

Quercus prinus supports a wide variety of moths and butterflies, including: the Imperial Moth, Banded Hairstreak, Edward's Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, White-M Hairstreak, Horace’s Duskywing, and the Juvenal’s Duskywing. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Oaks are susceptible to a large number of diseases, including oak wilt, blight, root rot, anthracnose, oak leaf blister, cankers, leaf spots, and powdery mildew.  Potential insect pests include scale, oak skeletonizer, leaf miner, galls, oak lace bugs, borers, caterpillars and nut weevils.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens,  Privacy Screen, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Crape Myrtle, Serviceberry, Magnolia

IMAGES: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, Quercus montana-Entire R 9 c (24164868335), CC BY 2.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Quercus prinus 18zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (30130542063), CC BY 2.0, (4) Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, Quercus montana-Leaf R 9 g (23572342253), CC BY 2.0, (5) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (31028946291), CC BY 2.0, (6) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (30896651320), CC BY 2.0, (7) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Chestnut Oak (30896648110), CC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown