Keywords: Quercus muehlenbergii-leaves-immature-acorns.jpg The leaves and half-formed acorns of the Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Its leaves are unusual due to their toothed margins Each serration has a callus or gland on the tip Also the leaves are much paler on their undersurface JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER Written on the road and issued from the woods edge near Natchez Mississippi USA http //www backyardnature net/n/08/080728 htm http //www backyardnature net/n/08/080728ch jpg 2008-07-28 Jim Conrad Jim Conrad See http //www backyardnature net/j/copyrite htm Quercus muehlenbergii |