chestnut oak (Quercus montana)

Quercus montana, the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan. It is also sometimes called “rock oak” because of its presence in montane and other rocky habitats. As a consequence of its dry habitat and…

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34970378

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