Editing Quercus muehlenbergii (section)

===Associated cover===
It is rarely a predominant tree, but it grows in association with many other species. It is a component of the forest cover type White Oak-Black Oak-Northern Red Oak (Society of American Foresters Type 52) and the Post Oak-Blackjack Oak (Type 40) (2).

It grows in association with white oak ''(Quercus alba),'' black oak (''[[Quercus velutina|Q.&nbsp;velutina]]''), northern red oak (''[[Quercus rubra|Q.&nbsp;rubra]]''), scarlet oak (''[[Quercus coccinea|Q.&nbsp;coccinea]]''), sugar maple (''[[Acer saccharum]]''), red maple (''[[Acer rubrum|A.&nbsp;rubrum]]''), hickories (''[[Carya]]'' spp.), black cherry (''[[Prunus serotina]]''), cucumbertree (''[[Magnolia acuminata]]''), white ash (''[[Fraxinus americana]]''), American basswood (''[[Tilia americana]]''), black walnut (''[[Juglans nigra]]''), butternut (''[[Juglans cinerea|J.&nbsp;cinerea]]''), and yellow-poplar (''[[Liriodendron tulipifera]]''). American beech (''[[Fagus grandifolia]]''), shortleaf pine (''[[Pinus echinata]]''), pitch pine (''[[Pinus rigida|P.&nbsp;rigida]]''), Virginia pine (''[[Pinus virginiana|P.&nbsp;virginiana]]''), Ozark chinquapin (''[[Castanea ozarkensis]]''), eastern red cedar (''[[Juniperus virginiana]]''), bluejack oak (''[[Quercus incana]]''), southern red oak (''[[Quercus falcata|Q.&nbsp;falcata]]''), blackgum (''[[Nyssa sylvatica]]''), and winged elm (''[[Ulmus alata]]'') also grow in association with chinquapin oak. In the Missouri Ozarks a redcedar-chinquapin oak association has been described.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=2010-06-10 |title=Where Life Is Cold, and Kin Are Cruel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/movies/11winter.html |access-date=2022-05-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The most common small tree and shrub species found in association with chinquapin oak include flowering dogwood ''(Cornus {{sic|hide=y|florida}}),'' sassafras (''[[Sassafras albidum]]''), sourwood (''[[Oxydendrum arboreum]]''), eastern hophornbeam (''[[Ostrya virginiana]]''), ''[[Vaccinium]]'' spp., ''[[Viburnum]]'' spp., hawthorns ''([[Crataegus]]'' spp.), and sumacs (''[[Rhus]]'' spp.). The most common woody vines are wild grape (''[[Vitis]]'' spp.) and greenbrier ''([[Smilax]]'' spp.).{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}