34 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) Don. 
Andromeda inerfensiana 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. 
Gastanea 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 t^ecords (in addition to specific records) : Eastern flying squirrel, 
gray squirrel, red squirrel, eastern chipmunk. O'bservations (in addition to 
specific records) : Bluejay, pileated woodpecker; opossum, white-tailed deer. 
Castanea alabamensis Ashe. Alabama ehiiiquapin. 
Range: 29. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, 
Fi'uit: Nut, available September-October. 
A large tree. 
Castanea alnifolia Nutt. Dwarf chinquapin. 
G. 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. 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 floi'idana 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. 
