Gonna try baiting.. Help?

[G_Man]

Well well well... Now that i have your attention, I need help identifying this kind of oak! I am very new to actually giving a crap about what kinda trees are around me, so I was curious of this one.

Working in Smyrna area, a tree hangs over a back deck. I had to sweep off all the acorns, and ended up filling a 5 gallon bucket full. Elderly neighbors wanted them for their squirrels.

I'm just curious what kind it is...

 

[Ridger15]

Chestnut Oak

 

[easy45]

Chestnut Oak

Yea, I think so

 

[@fulldraw]

That is a chinkapin oak not chestnut. I bet it has whitish scaly bark similar to white oak doesn't it?

 

[Ahuntin1]

Doesn't look like a swamp chestnut. I think the leaves would be wider if it were.

 

[catman529]

Chinkapin, not chestnut.

 

[Boone 58]

That is a chinquapin.......thin cap!!

 

[batchley]

Chinkapin

 

[bigtex]

Looks like a chinquapin to me as well.
The leaves do look something like a Chestnut Oak but the acorns of the Chestnut Oak are green when they first fall.

 

[G_Man]

That is a chinkapin oak not chestnut. I bet it has whitish scaly bark similar to white oak doesn't it?

yep!! white scaly is right....thanks!! i tried googling it, but some site had me looking through a TON of oak varieties.

 

[MUP]

I love these threads. I too have a hard time distinguishing between certain types of whiteoaks.

 

[Inkstainz]

Chinquapin as everyone has said

 

[Winchester]

Chinquapin, which is in the White oak family!

 

[southernhunter]

i have the same oak and was wondering what they was my self , i was leaning to a white oak due to the white bark,thanks now i know , how do these acorns rank in the a deers preferred list of acorns ?

 

[woodsman87]

i have the same oak and was wondering what they was my self , i was leaning to a white oak due to the white bark,thanks now i know , how do these acorns rank in the a deers preferred list of acorns ?

IMO and personal observations, deer favor them over about every other acorns.

 

[Winchester]

i have the same oak and was wondering what they was my self , i was leaning to a white oak due to the white bark,thanks now i know , how do these acorns rank in the a deers preferred list of acorns ?

IMO and personal observations, deer favor them over about every other acorns.

Yep, high on the list of preferred acorns for a deer!

 

[southernhunter]

i have the same oak and was wondering what they was my self , i was leaning to a white oak due to the white bark,thanks now i know , how do these acorns rank in the a deers preferred list of acorns ?

IMO and personal observations, deer favor them over about every other acorns.

Yep, high on the list of preferred acorns for a deer!

awesome thanks guys