84 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
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 September—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; oceurs 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. margaretta Ashe. 
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. American chestnut. 
Range: 24, 25, 26, 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. 
C. 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. 
