Other trees, such as birches, beech, shagbark hickory and chestnut oak are among the few that are relatively easy to identify by their bark, and therefore seem like old friends when encountered ...

Unlike other members of the white oak group, the bark of Chestnut oak bark chestnut oak is dark and deeply ridged. The fruit of the chestnut oak is a relatively-large dark brown acorn with a smooth ...

Mature white oak and swamp chestnut oak also have attractive light gray shaggy bark. Southern red oaks are also stately. Winter is the best time to plant a tree in our region, while the tree is ...

The tree was definitely not a chestnut oak, which is easily recognized by its extremely "rugged," deeply grooved bark. And swamp white oak is named for its wetland habitat — it wouldn't be ...

These teeth are one way of distinguishing this tree from other oak species as well as the gray-brown bark and very fast growth. We generally think of oaks as long-lived hardwood trees but with ...

The Northampton Street white oak, which was previously declared the winner in 2006. Photograph by Evy Mages . Drader is working off of a list of potential contenders, so we quickly head to the next ...