The Chinkapin Oak is a subset member of the white oak group. This tree is sometimes called the Yellow Oak. The tree is medium height (50 feet) with a bole diameter of one feet. The trunk is light gray and layered in flakes. Leaves are four to eight inches long and have sharp,shallow indentations instead of lobes. They are light green on top and hairy underneath. The acorns are long (over one-half inch) and narrow with tightly scaled bowl shaped caps. Twigs are hairless and have long,narrow hairless buds.

The growing region is from Texas to New York. Oak is a hardwood providing a major portion of the annual lumber in the United States. The lumber from these oaks are used for flooring and furniture. Oak trees are generally slow-growing and long-lived and tend to be relatively resistant to diseases and insects. Tannin is a major produce from oak bark. The acorns are sweet and tender when roasted or boiled.