Chestnut Oak

Description

Rounded, relatively dense tree reaching 60' to 70' in height with a comparable but irregular spread. Leaves 4"-6" long, 1.5"-3.5" wide, ovate to obovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, cuneate or rounded at base, coarsely and irregularly toothed with 10-14 pairs of obtuse, often mucronate teeth, lustrous dark yellow-green above, grayish tomentulose beneath. Fall color orange-yellow to yellow-brown. Acorns sweet.