Chinkapin Oak

Category: T
Botanical name: Quercus muehlenbergii
Height: 40-60
Width: 50-70
Water requirements: Moderate
Sunlight: Full sun
Lowest hardiness zone for growth: 5
Shape: rounded pyramidal
Growth rate: Slow,moderate
Bloom time: Spring
Level of maintenance: low
Potential diseases: Oaks are susceptible to a large number of diseases, including oak wilt, chestnut blight, shoestring root rot, anthracnose, oak leaf blister, cankers, leaf spots and powdery mildew. Potential insect pests include scale, oak skeletonizer, leaf miner, galls, oak lace bugs, borers, caterpillars and nut weevils. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, chinkapin oak is generally considered to be a low-maintenance, long-lived tree.