Chinquapin Learning
Chinquaupin Resources
A great collection of articles, published research, and database archives
Publications About The Ozark Chinquapin Foundation
Articles from Digital Newspapers and Journals
“Ozark Chinquapin Foundation 2018 Annual Public Meeting” -Newton County Times
“Restoring the Ozark chinquapin: Top producer of food for wildlife threatened by chestnut blight” -The Joplin Globe
“Ozark chinquapin re-emerges in Missouri’s forests” -Columbia Daily Tribune
“Tree Saver: One mans crusade to save an Ozark legand” -American Forests
“Race underway to save the Ozark chinquapin tree” -Springfield News-Leader, Part of the USA Today Network
“Mission Impossible?” -Missouri Dept. Conservation, From the Missouri Conservationist Magazine
The Ozark Chinquapin Tree: Reviving a Native -Only In Arkansas, digital publication
Wisdom of Hands -Arkansas blog
“Park naturalist works to bring back rare native tree” -Southeast Missourian
“Initiative Launched to Restore Imperiled Ozark Species” -Green Horizons, Vol 11.
Ozark chinquapin bur from 2018 seed collection at OCF research plot. Photo credit: Colton Zirkle
Ants stealing nectar from male catkin. Photo credit: Colton Zirkle
Herbarium Specimens & Range Occurrences
Ozark Chinquapin Herbarium Specimen Database -Pictures of specimens from all over the range and also an interactive map! VERY GOOD
Ozark Chinquapin in Alabama– -Herbarium specimen | Lawrence County
Ozark Chinquapin in Oklahoma – Page 12
Ozark Chinquapin in Louisiana: Parishes (Counties): Union and Claiborne, source: Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Science & Research
Reconstructing the Image of Ozark Chinquapin in the Forests of Northwest Arkansas at a Time Before Chestnut Blight Arrived -Fred Paillet, University of Arkansas Geosciences
Where are all of Arkansas’ Chinquapins? An Ecological Assessment of Castanea Throughout the State -Logan Pierce Estes, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis (Ashe) Tucker,
comb. Nov -Gary E. Tucker, Arkansas Tech University, 1975
Some New or Otherwise Noteworthy Plants of the Arkansas Flora -Tucker, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 29 [1975]
Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Ozark Chinquapin – by Fred Paillet
Land Surveys & Forest Inventory
When reading the articles from this section, hold down the ‘ctrl’ key and press ‘f’ key at the same time. This opens a search dialog box in the top right corner which you can type in “ozark chinquapin” & press ‘Enter’ to locate relevant material about the trees in the document.
Historical & Contemporary Environmental Context For The Saline-Fifteen Site -summarizes the historical environmental context of the Saline-Fifteen site in Bradley County, Arkansas
Environmental Assessment of Scott and Yell Counties Arkansas -www.fs.usda.gov
Ozark National Forest (N.F.), Mount Magazine State Park: Final Environmental Impact Statement, Arkansas, 1993
Louisiana Oil and Natural Gas Survey mentioning species occurence -Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Presentations
Arkansas Love Affair With The Ozark Chinquapin -Page 3, Steve Chyrchel
Restoring Ozark Chinquapin using GIS -George Kipp
Ozark chinquapin bur from 2018 seed collection at OCF research plot. Photo credit: Colton Zirkle
10″ DBH tree, 2018 Barry County MO Photo credit: Colton Zirkle
Additional Links
12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis (Ozark chinquapin) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 -DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | Fish and Wildlife Service
“Species Spotlight: The Ozark Chinquapin” – 2018, Michael Gold, University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
“Ozark Chinquapin Along the Buffalo River” -by Fred Paillet, page 5 & 6
Ozarks Water Watch at Beaver Lake blog –scroll to bottom for article for Ozark chinquapin section, www.owwbeaverlake.org
Book References
Rare Plants of the Ozark Plateau … a Field Identification Guide by Beverly J. Roedner, David A. Hamilton, and Keith E. Evans
