Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Fagaceae

Castanea - [maps | photos]

• Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: American chestnut

• Castanea mollissima * Blume
  Common Name: Chinese chestnut

• Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.
  Common Name: Allegheny chinkapin

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.