Range: Vermont across to southern Minnesota, south to eastern Nebraska and eastern Texas, east to northern Florida.
Distinguishing Features: The Yellow Chestnut Oak is distinguished from the other coarsely toothed oaks by its usually sharper pointed teeth and by the size and shape of its acorns.
CHERRYBARK OAK
Quercus pagodaefolia Ell.
Other Name: Swamp Spanish Oak.
Growth Form: Large tree up to 100 feet tall; trunk diameter up to 4 feet; crown broadly rounded; trunk straight, columnar.
Bark: Dark gray, broken by narrow ridges into small scales.
Twigs: Rather stout, reddish-brown or gray, usually hairy when young, becoming smooth; pith star-shaped in cross-section; leaf scars alternate but clustered near tip of the twigs, half-round, slightly elevated, with several bundle traces.
Buds: Ovoid, pointed, angular, hairy, chestnut-brown, up to ¼ inch long.
Leaves: Alternate, simple; blades divided into 5-11 pointed lobes, the sinuses cut about half-way to the midvein, up to 10 inches long, up to 7 inches wide, dark green, smooth and shiny on the upper surface, pale and hairy on the lower surface; leafstalks up to 2 inches long, stout, hairy.