Castanea pumila

Allegheny chinquapin
Leaves and flowers of Allegheny chinquapin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Castanea
Species:	C. pumila
Binomial name
Castanea pumila Mill.
Natural range
Synonyms[3]
List Castanea alnifolia Nutt. Castanea alnifolia subsp. floridana (Sarg.) A.E.Murray Castanea alnifolia var. floridana Sarg. Castanea alnifolia var. pubescens Nutt. Castanea chincapin K.Koch Castanea floridana (Sarg.) Ashe Castanea floridana var. angustifolia (Ashe) Ashe Castanea floridana var. arcuata (Ashe) Ashe Castanea floridana var. margaretta (Ashe) Ashe Castanea margaretta (Ashe) Ashe Castanea margaretta var. angustifolia Ashe Castanea margaretta var. arcuata Ashe Castanea nana Muhl. Castanea paucispina Ashe Castanea pumila subsp. ashei (Sudw.) A.E.Murray Castanea pumila var. ashei Sudw. Castanea pumila var. margaretta Ashe Castanea pumila var. nana (Muhl.) A.DC. Fagus nana Du Roi ex Steud. Fagus pumila L.

Castanea pumila, commonly known as the Allegheny chinquapin, American chinquapin (from the Powhatan) or dwarf chestnut, is a species of chestnut native to the southeastern United States. The native range is from Massachusetts and New York to Maryland and extreme southern New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania south to central Florida, west to eastern Texas, and north to southern Missouri and Kentucky. The plant's habitat is dry sandy and rocky uplands and ridges mixed with oak and hickory to 1000 m elevation. It grows best on well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade.