Wood ID

I came across a small stand of these on my stroll through the trails today. I'm not sure what they are, but the first thing I thought was chestnut. Tell me what you guys think.

 

Have no idea. Those shiny leaves almost look like an evergreen.

 

Any nuts on the tree? I'd guess chestnut

 

I don't think chesnut cause the leaves are to narrow. My first thought was willow oak but I looked that up and no dice. I'll be curious for the answer.

 

There were what appeared to be the start of nuts, I didn't take a pic of that though.

 

I did a little quick looking and came up with European chesnut.

 

That's what I'm thinkin too.

 

Here you can see some hairy's forming of you look close

 

Just dry it and burn it...

 

The dark green, waxy appearance of the leaves, and spiral arrangement make me think oak. I think Eric VW is right - chinkapin oak. I've never seen a castanea chestnut but it appears their leaves are alternately arranged in 2 ranks.

 

Not looking to cut it down and burn it. Not even my trees, I'm just curious

 

I agree with the waxy appearance and nodal arrangement point to a chinkapin oak. The leaves however, seem much more long and thin a chinkapin though.

 

I'm thinking Sawtooth Oak, native to Asia. I cut one two years ago and it was absolutely the best oak Ive ever got into. It was dense but light weight and cured fast. Wish I had more.

 

Maybe Allegheny Chinkapin, a relative of the American Chestnut. Pretty rare in PA but not unheard of.

 

My first thought was American Chestnut, we have sprouts in the woods here that regenerate from the old dead stumps. But the bark don't look right, you folks seem to think Chinkypin, which once again, is something I've never heard of or seen. I am getting my horizons broadened. I'll just wait and see what you all decide.