Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin Oak Fagaceae
| FIA distributions (474 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (1875 plots) | 0.3 | 13.7 | 25.7 | 24.1 | 34.3 | 115.1 | 26 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (632 plots) | 0.4 | 9.1 | 19.9 | 14.6 | 24.6 | 124.9 | 39 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 6.2 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 21.9 | 41 |
| January Temperature, °C | -10.0 | -2.5 | -0.5 | -0.8 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 38 |
| Precipitation, mm | 764 | 985 | 1120 | 1110 | 1260 | 1600 | 38 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 31.6 | 60.6 | 68.1 | 66.5 | 76.3 | 106.0 | 46 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 42 | 274 | 408 | 335 | 456 | 1860 | 51 |
| Slope, percent | 1.0 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 51.0 | 71 |
| pH | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 26 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 9.9 | 4 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 12.9 | 34 |
| Clay, percent | 5.2 | 23.0 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 30.1 | 39.3 | 75 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.6 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 44 |