Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree
Wetlands and bottomlands are ideal for growing the Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree, and as a large oak shade tree the Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree works well as a landscape specimen. The brilliant fall color that develops on the Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree in the fall makes it a desirable shade tree for fall color and heavy shade.

The leaves of the Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree are large, up to 9 in. long with many teeth that are slightly rounded, and can grow 120 feet tall. The limbs of the Swamp Chestnut Oak Tree tend to grow up at a sharp angle from the trunk that results in a narrow, round crown, and during the Fall months your landscape will be ablaze with the colors of the leaves.