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Quercus muhlenbergii, Engelm. (Q. Castanea, Willd., not Nee. Q.
acuminata, Sarg., not Roxbg. Q. Prinus var. acuminata, Michx.). Yellow
Chestnut Oak. Tree, to 100 or occasionally to 160 ft., with rather
short branches, forming a narrow, round-topped head: lvs.
slender-stalked, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate,
coarsely toothed with acute, glandular- tipped teeth, dark or yellowish
green above, whitish tomentulose beneath, 4-7 in. long: fr. sessile or
short-peduncled; acorns ovate, 1/4-3/4in. long, embraced about one-half
by the cup. Tenn. to Va., west to Neb. and Texas. S.S. 8:377.
—Beautiful tree with light gray bark and handsome foliage, glossy above
and silverv white beneath.
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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