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Definition of Western Chinquapin

Western Chinquapin
Chinquapin Chin"qua*pin, n. (Bot.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.

Meaning of Western Chinquapin from wikipedia

- the beech family known by the common names golden chinquapin, giant chinquapin, and western chinquapin. It is native to the Pacific coast of the United...
- ****aceae, endemic to the western United States. Its two species have the common name chinquapin. The genus occurs from western Washington south to the...
- known as the chinquapin flower gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on the flowers of giant chinquapin and bush chinquapin on the west...
- present. The dominant tree in the south is usually black oak, although the chinquapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), post oak (Quercus stellata), and black-jack...
- Yushania and Thamnocalamus bamboo, medium-sized Rhododendron, whitebeam and chinquapin trees. In China, it inhabits the Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer...
- rubra, Red Alder Cercis canadensis, Texas Redbud Chrysolepis spp., Golden Chinquapin Fraxinus latifolia, Oregon Ash Juniperus ashei, Ashe Juniper Picea pungens...
- Polystichum munitum — western sword fern Chrysolepis chrysophylla — golden chinquapin Quercus garryana — Oregon white oak Philadelphus lewisii — Lewis's mock-orange...
- acidic character of most oak forest soils. In contrast, the much rarer chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) demands alkaline soils and generally grows...
- average size. It is considerably larger than the closely related Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila). There are several other chestnut species, such as the...
- lower altitudes these include evergreen oaks (Quercus spp.), ****anese Chinquapin (Castanopsis cuspidata) and ****anese Stone Oak (Lithocarpus edulis), and...