Chestnut Oak
Quercus montana Willd. - Beech family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 140.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Bombus; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Species depending on Chestnut Oak: Acrocercops strigosus, Anisota finlaysoni, Anisota senatoria, Anisota virginiensis, Cameraria cincinnatiella, Cameraria hamadryadella, Catastega aceriella, Catocala amica, Catocala lineella, Coleophora querciella, Erynnis juvenalis, Himella fidelis, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Marmara fulgidella, Meganola spodia, Morrisonia confusa, Morrisonia latex, Orgyia leucostigma, Paleacrita vernata, Phyllonorycter aeriferella, Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella, Phyllonorycter basistrigella, Phyllonorycter fitchella, Phyllonorycter hagenii, Satyrium calanus
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.