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Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) Don. 

 Andromeda mertensiana Bong. 

 Range: 1, 4, 12. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Capsule. 



A low shrub ; stems prostrate, more or less matted ; occurs at high altitudes. 

 Stomach records: Mountain sheep. 



Castanea spp. 



The chinquapins are susceptible to the chestnut blight, although that disease 

 has not been as destructive of them as of the chestnut ; propagation is by seed 

 sown in fall or spring. 



Stomach records (in addition to specific records) : Eastern flying squirrel, 

 gray squirrel, red squirrel, eastern chipmunk. Observations (in addition to 

 specific records) : Bluejay, pileated woodpecker; opossum, white-tailed deer. 



Castanea alabamensis Ashe. Alabama chinquapin. 



Range: 29. 



Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Nut, available Septembers-October. 

 A large tree. 



Castanea alnifolia Nutt. Dwarf chinquapin. 



C. nana Muhl. 



Range: 29, 30. 

 Site : Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Nut, available September-October. 



A small shrub ; occurs in sandy and other soils ; forms great patches by means 

 of stolons. 



Castanea arkansana, see Castanea ozarkensis. 



Castanea ashei Sudw. Coastal chinquapin, 



C. pumila ashei Sudw. 

 Range: 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Nut, available in September. 



A large shrub to small tree ; usually occurs in sand. A form with more 

 pointed leaves has been described as C. maraaretta Ashe. 



Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. American chestnut. 



Range : 24, 25, 28, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Nut, available September-October. 



A large tree, very nearly extinct through ravages of the chestnut blight ; root 

 system deep, taproot well developed. 



Stomach records: Three species of birds, including bobwhite and wild turkey; 

 white-tailed deer. 



Castanea floridana (Sarg.) Ashe. 

 G. alnifolia floridana Sarg. 

 Range: 29, 30. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Nut, available in August. 



A large shrub to small or large tree ; often many-stemmed even when 

 arborescent. 



Castanea margaretta, see Castanea ashei. 

 Castanea nana, see Castanea alnifolia. 



Castanea ozarkensis Ashe. Ozark chinquapin. 



C. arkansana Ashe. 

 Range: 25. 



Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Nut. 

 A small to large tree, commonly several-stemmed. 



Castanea pumila (L.) Mill. Chinquapin. 



Range : 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Nut, available September-November. 



