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 ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to chestnut oak, sometimes called rock chestnut oak. It is an oak species commonly found in the southern part of ...

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 bark of chestnut oak trees is the most dependable means of identification. It forms very deep, coarse grooves on older trees. The wood is hard, strong and often close-grained.

The tree gets its name because the leaves look similar to chestnut leaves. The tree even looks attractive in winter when all the leaves have fallen because the bark is gray with shades of red and ...

These are gorgeous, tall, high-canopy trees with deeply furrowed bark. Their leaves look more like chestnut leaves than oak leaves; the name is thought to have come from near-sighted colonists who ...

Way up yonder on a rocky ridge you might find this beautiful native oak tree, ... Rocks the size of SUVs everywhere, and a forest of this oak — chestnut oak, ...

The standard two-inch-caliper, 12-foot oak tree you buy from a nursery is about eight to 10 years old before you give it a permanent home. Another way to acquire oaks, especially species that are ...