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chestnut oak

Quercus montana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 145, February 155, March 170, April 278, May 361, June 179, July 145, August 140, September 169, October 156, November 129, December 132.
United States25,724
Virginia3,453
Pennsylvania3,263
New York2,579
Maryland2,338
North Carolina2,263
New Jersey1,814
Tennessee1,688
Massachusetts1,588
Ohio1,127

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybeech family · Fagaceae
Genusoaks · Quercus

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