Editing Quercus muehlenbergii (section)

=== Diseases and pests ===
Severe wildfire kills chinquapin oak saplings and small pole-size trees, but these often resprout. However, fire scars serve as entry points for decay-causing [[fungi]], and the resulting decay can cause serious losses.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

[[Oak wilt]] (''Bretziella fagacearum''), a vascular disease, attacks chinquapin oak and usually kills the tree within two to four years. Other diseases that attack chinquapin oak include the cankers ''Strumella coryneoidea'' and ''Nectria galligena'', shoestring root rot (''Armillarea mellea''), anthracnose (''Gnomonia veneta''), and leaf blister (''Taphrina'' spp.).{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}

The most serious defoliating [[insect]]s that attack chinquapin oak are the [[gypsy moth]] (''Lymantria dispar''), the [[orangestriped oakworm]] (''Anisota senatoria''), and the variable oakleaf caterpillar (''Heterocampa manteo''). Insects that bore into the bole and seriously degrade the products cut from infested trees include the carpenterworm (''Prionoyxstus robiniae''), little carpenterworm (''P.&nbsp;macmurtrei''), white oak borer (''Goes tigrinus''), Columbian timber beetle (''Corthylus columbianus''), oak timberworm (''Arrhenodes minutus''), and twolined chestnut borer (''Agrilus bilineatus''). The acorn weevils (''Curculio'' spp.), larvae of moths (''Valentinia glandulella'' and ''Melissopus latiferreanus''), and gall forming cynipids (''Callirhytis'' spp.) feed on the acorns.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}