Thursday, October 6, 2011

What's that? A Dwarf Chinkapin


Silly me. I saw these acorn caps on the ground and loudly proclaimed for all to hear, "A burr oak!" I was so pleased with myself! Then I get home and discover, wrong! It was a Dwarf Chinkapin (also spelled Chinquapin).

Dwarf Chinkapins are a type of white oak (meaning they have rounded lobes) and their official name is Quercus prinoides. They can withstand a wider variety of habitats than their larger Chinkapin counterparts, but like Chinkapins, their acorns are some of the sweetest nuts.

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