Chestnut oak is a white oak and included in a group of oaks categorized by that same name. Other white oak family members include the bur oak, swamp chestnut oak and Oregon white oak. This oak is immediately recognized by rounded lobes plus the lobe tips never have bristles like red oak. Considered the most majestic tree of the eastern hardwoods, the tree is also touted as having the best all-purpose commercial wood of all the oaks.
Beartown State Park, A Forest and Geologic Wonder
By Steve Nix, About.com Guide
Beartown Chestnut Oak
Beartown Chestnut Oak
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The leaves of chestnut oak are often brown, dull red to bronze-yellow. The Beartown trees are scattered throughout the area and color is mostly bronze-yellow.
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- The Beartown Ecosystem
- Beartown Hemlock and Droop Geology
- Beartown's Unique Droop Geology
- Beartown's Tree Species in Autumn Color
- Beartown Boardwalk in Autumn
- Beartown Chestnut Oak
- Beartown Stripped Maple
- Beartown Sassifras
- Beartown Red Maple Leaf
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