Identify this oak tree (pics)

[PV216]

I know it's not a white, red, or pin oak (at least I think it's not). I've tried researching it but I come up with different answers.

[OneShot1Kill]

Not to sure, I look for oaks and getting on a white oak is a bonus.

[Matty]

Pretty sure it's a chestnut.

[Matty]

Someone like Rusty or LittleM are more likely to know for sure, but that deep notched bark is what I always knew to be chestnut or "swamp oak".  Nice white oak tree behind it to the left.

[Bucksnbows]

Chestnut oak (Quercus pinus) which is in the white oak family, but different from the white oak most think of (Quercus alba).  Very common in NJ.

[Bucksnbows]

We also have swamp white oak which are very similar, also have deeply grooved bark and are in the white oak family.  But they like wet feet and are found along streams, lakes, etc. or around swampy areas where they can get the moisture they need.

[PV216]

Thanks guys. I've seen deer munchin on the big acorns so I know they eat them.

[Bucksnbows]

I'll have to try to stump everyone one day with a scarlet oak/northern red oak hybrid which are also common where those two species are found together.  I have a bunch on my Sparta property.

[BowhunterNJ]

Yep deep grooves on higher ground, chestnut! Deer do love em.

 

 

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[Bucksnbows]

Thanks guys. I've seen deer munchin on the big acorns so I know they eat them.

 

Chestnuts also produce at least some acorns every fall even when other oaks do not.  Last year that was the case by me.  They didn't drop many, but we had zero from our other white oak, northern red, and scarlet oaks.  This year the reds have absolutely dumped a ton of acorns.  Hard to walk in some places, especially on slopes where they act like ball bearings and cause you to slip and fall walking downhill.

[Bucksnbows]

Red oak acorns this year on my ground

 

[Ms Grit]

I need a tree  identification class myself . . . or a cheat sheet . . .

[Rusty]

Chestnut (Rock) oak.  Sadly deer like them the least because they are very acidic.  

[Haskell_Hunter]

Definitely a chestnut. You'll find them all over north Jersey.  The bark is used to tan hides because of the oaks it contains the highest tannin content.  Makes the acorns bitter.  Not a deer favorite, but I assume in north Jersey deer have become accustom to them since they're so abundant.  They'll grow on all of the rocky hills up here only to fall over when some big wind comes.  Makes for good ground cover and tree rat highways.

[Tarhunt]

Yep. Chestnut Oak.