| chestnut oak Quercus prinus Fagaceae (white oak) |
Leaves are simple, alternate, deciduous, elliptical to obovate, and shallowly lobed with smooth lobes. Bark is gray and deeply grooved on larger trees. Terminal buds are brown, stout, and smooth. Fruit is an acorn 1 1/2 inches long, narrow, and matures in one season. The acorn is yellow-brown and the cap covers half the nut. Chestnut oak is found on dry upland slopes in the eastern U.S. Chestnut oak can be distinguished from swamp chestnut oak and chinkapin oak by deeply grooved bark and lack of tips on lobes. The wood is used as white oak lumber. Acorns eaten by game birds, deer, bear and many small mammals.
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