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Chapman ForestOn the Potomac, near the Nation's Capital
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Chapman ForestOn the Potomac, near the Nation's Capital
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Relative Size of Chapman Forest and Great Smoky National Forest
Though it is less than 0.5% the size, Chapman Forest appears to have more species of Oak Trees than Smoky Mountain National Park, an International Biosphere Reserve. Species richness may be attributable to proximity to the Piedmont physiogeographic province, with its many oak species, together with habitat variety represented by dry, acidic terrace gravels , rich, circumneutral Shell-Marl Ravine Forest (e.g., Chinquapin Oak), and wetlands and streams (Willow Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak).
Oak trees have the following classification:
Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: there are many - just look below!
Quercus Velutina - Black Oak
Quercus Muehlenbergii - Chinquapin Oak
| Common Name | Genus and Species Names |
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| Scarlet | Quercus coccinea |
| Northern Red | Quercus rubra |
| Southern Red | Quercus falcata |
| Pagoda | Quercus pagoda |
| Pin | Quercus palustris |
| Chestnut Oak | Quercus prinus |
| Swamp Chestnut Oak | Quercus michauxii |
| Chinquapin Oak | Quercus muehlenbergii |
| White | Quercus alba |
| Black | Quercus velutina |
| Blackjack | Quercus marylandica |
| Willow | Quercus phellos |
| Post | Quercus stellata |