Castanea pumila

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFagaceae
Family (Traditional)Fagaceae
GenusCastanea
Species:Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.
Common NameChinquapin; Chinkapin
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Too short to tell; Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Inflorescence Types: spike; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: No; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; G5T5? (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Castanea margaretta Castanea margaretta (Ashe) Ashe
Castanea margaretta var. arcuata Castanea margaretta var. arcuata Ashe
Castanea pumila subsp. ashei Castanea pumila subsp. ashei (Sudw.) A.E.Murray
Castanea pumila var. margaretta Castanea pumila var. margaretta Ashe

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Breathitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Jefferson (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jefferson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Maury (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Union (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1937 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Johnson Tennessee 27 May 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Castanea pumila
N/A Carter Tennessee 17 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036349 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036415 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036409 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036389 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036364 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036399 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036427 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036354 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036388 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036402 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036352 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036355 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036395 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
31234100447448 Cumberland Tennessee 11 Jun 1987 Roanld L. Jones
4915
EKY
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036379 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036371 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036405 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036426 Union Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036416 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036385 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036370 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036529 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036424 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036403 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036390 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036356 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036387 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036359 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
31234100447471 Fentress Tennessee 16 Jun 1979 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Castanea pumila
BEREA014585 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Castanea pumila
ETSU008437 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036386 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036418 Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036393 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036530 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036411 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036412 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036400 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036381 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036401 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036394 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036406 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
UCHT009526 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
APSC0013891 Blount Tennessee 19 Sep 1965 Wayne Chester
961
APSC
Castanea pumila
31234100447489 Morgan Tennessee 19 Jun 1990 V. E. McNeilus
90-381
EKY
Castanea pumila
ETSU005339 Johnson Tennessee 12 Aug 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036391 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036407 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036360 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036361 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036376 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036380 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036422 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0240878 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036351 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036384 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036383 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0013888 Morgan Tennessee 28 Sep 2005 Dwayne Estes, B.E. Wofford, J. Beck, S. Huskins
08528
APSC
Castanea pumila
MTSU009444 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Sep 1994 Paul Sizemore
MTSU
Castanea pumila
31234100447497 Scott Tennessee 14 Jun 2000 Joey Shaw
692
EKY
Castanea pumila
31234100447349 Breathitt Kentucky Hager Rice
EKY
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036410 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036425 Union Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036350 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036368 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036357 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036375 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036414 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036419 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036396 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036531 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0050538 Cumberland Tennessee 29 May 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Castanea pumila
UCHT043460 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043572 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036358 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036369 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036372 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0013890 Sullivan Tennessee 18 Jun 1993 D. Rust
260
APSC
Castanea pumila
UOS03018 Bledsoe Tennessee 12 Jun 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Castanea pumila
ETSU025682 Johnson Tennessee 12 Sep 2013 Foster Levy, Adam McCullough
DOEM 0313
ETSU
Castanea pumila
UCHT043458 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043450 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043477 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043594 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043598 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043474 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043459 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043597 Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043596 Morgan Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043476 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036392 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036363 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0118635 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Castanea pumila
HTTU012570 Tennessee
HTTU
Castanea pumila
HTTU020953 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Castanea pumila
MTSU009458 Maury Tennessee 02 May 2004 Andrew Ackley
MTSU
Castanea pumila
SWMT01882 Shelby Tennessee 29 May 1937 John H. Davis
SWMT
Castanea pumila
ETSU032171 Washington Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Castanea pumila
APSC0058963 Carter Tennessee
APSC
Castanea pumila
ETSU032200 Washington Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Castanea pumila
31234100447463 Greene Tennessee 10 Jun 1980 Brian Boom
549
EKY
Castanea pumila
N/A Johnson Tennessee 13 Jun 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036413 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036373 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036377 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036404 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0013889 Scott Tennessee 28 Aug 1999 Joey Shaw, James Beck and Robert Emmott
433
APSC
Castanea pumila
UCHT043478 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043449 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043455 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043470 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043468 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043469 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043471 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036408 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036421 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036423 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036398 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036417 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036378 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036429 White Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036382 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036366 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036420 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0104901 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Castanea pumila
HTTU012573 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Castanea pumila
UCHT035160 Carter Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043479 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043448 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043473 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043457 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043472 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043599 Knox Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043456 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043475 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
UCHT043595 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Castanea pumila
31234100746302 McCreary Kentucky Tara R. Littlefield
EKY
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036428 White Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036362 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036365 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036397 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036348 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036374 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036367 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
TENN-V-0036353 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Castanea pumila
APSC0013892 Fentress Tennessee 03 Aug 1995 Milo Pyne with J. Campbell
95-150
APSC
Castanea pumila
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Plant Photos

Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Dwayne Estes
Castanea pumila - Joey Shaw
Castanea pumila - Joey Shaw
Castanea pumila - Joey Shaw
Castanea pumila - Joey Shaw
Castanea pumila - Joey Shaw
Castanea pumila - Joey Shaw
Castanea pumila - Milo Pyne
Castanea pumila - Milo Pyne
Castanea pumila - Theo Witsell
Castanea pumila - Theo Witsell
Castanea pumila - Theo Witsell
Castanea pumila - Theo Witsell
Castanea pumila - Theo Witsell
Castanea pumila - Theo Witsell
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James
Castanea pumila - Janet James