Synonyms: Dwarf Chinquapin Oak.
Dwarf Chinkapin Oak generally grows in dry soils. In Maryland, it occurs mainly on the Coastal Plain. It can be found in semi-open glades in Pine-Oak woodlands of Pine Barrens of the Coastal Plain.
A shrub up to 3 m tall or arborescent, with dark bark. The leaves are commonly obovate or oblong, and are whitish beneath (Brown and Brown, 1972).
In 2016, the National Champion Dwarf Chinkapin Oak was on the "East Farm" of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, in northern Prince George's County (R. Simmons, presentation). As of 2020, Maryland's tree had lost champion status to a tree in New York.
Host plant for the Buck Moth (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).
There are 18 records in the project database.
