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Dwarf Chinkapin Oak Acorns

200 Acorns, DCOA_S-200 $320.00 Out of stock
      

Currently unavailable Shrub Oak -Heavy Early Acorn Production 

Dwarf Chinkapin is an obscure oak found in scattered populations throughout the Midwest and Northeast. It is a precocious fruiting tree and it is not uncommon to see small 3-4 ft. trees loaded with acorns. Trees in our orchard have fruited when 2 ft. tall. Slow growing, but extremely drought tolerant this species has thick leaves with a twiggy growth habit. Our seed trees were produced using wild collected seed from Nebraska found in a wide open windswept area. . Acorns ripen in August and sprout quickly.  Especially attractive to turkey, dwarf chinkapin oak is perfect for use in dry soils and open sunny areas. 

Dwarf chinkapin oak is easy to transplant young but develops a long taproot as it matures. It also colonizes an area and may become stoloniferous after 20 years or so. The plants will throw their tops and begin sprouting from the base to make a new vigorous and productive tree. 

Images of the trees in a rock are Dwarf Chinkapin Oaks provided by Oikos Tree Crops for the Andrew Goldsworthy sculpture for the Jewish Holocaust Museum in New York City. 



 

Plant Specs
Genus & Species Quercus prinoides
Seed Source Michigan
Hardiness -30F
Height (ft) 20
Width (ft) 15
Pollination Requirements Self fertile. Due to its early flowering rarely hybridizes so having more than one plant is best for yields.
Soil Almost anything. Sandy to loam to clay.
Climate Zone 3-9
Ease of Cultivation Easiest oak tree to grow and fruit. Only takes 3 years to fruit from an acorn. Not the highest yielding oak, but I have seen some in the wild that are very heavy bearing. Under cultivation at my farm it is not mega heavy every year.