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Ozark Chinquapin
Castanea ozarkensis
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. 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. The nuts it produces provided food
From the article Castanea ozarkensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It grows in the Ozark Mountains and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. It is possibly extirpated from Alabama.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The nuts it produces provided food for indigenous people, early settlers, and various animals including eastern gray squirrel, chipmunk, white-tailed deer, turkey, and bobwhite quail.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Castanea ozarkensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 552115.