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Location
May not be native
Use Location
Type
Trees
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit, Nuts
This tree also goes by the names Rock Chestnut Oak, Mountain Chestnut Oak, Rock Oak, and Tanbark Oak. This deciduous, perennial tree grows 65 to 145 feet tall, with reddish-brown to dark gray bark and a broad, open crown. It produces shiny, light green leaves and chestnut-brown acorns that act as a food source to birds, deer, and small mammals. Chestnut Oak grows in partial shade and in dry loamy, sandy, and rocky soils.
May Attract
Chestnut Oak is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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