Index / Search / Castanea pumila
§1 Plant
Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.
vernacular chinquapin — species · Fagaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Castanea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 526 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 526 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Randolph 01111
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brantley 13025
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Candler 13043
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Fannin 13111
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Walton 13297
- Wayne 13305
- White 13311
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkinson 13319
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bell 21013
- Clinton 21053
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Green 21087
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Metcalfe 21169
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Simpson 21213
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Harrison 28047
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lamar 28073
- Lee 28081
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Fentress 47049
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 90 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPU9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5333212 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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