Chinkapin oak
NativeQuercus muehlenbergii
Beech (Fagaceae) · Oak · 50–80 ft
Knowing it
Coarsely toothed leaves like a chestnut's and flaky gray bark. Favors limestone slopes and bluffs, which Missouri has plenty of.
What a tree company sees
Sound, strong wood. Usually only needs deadwood removal as it ages.
Recorded in 88 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Henry County
- Hickory County
- Holt County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Maries County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Mercer County
- Miller County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Nodaway County
- Oregon County
- Osage County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Ray County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.