Swamp Chestnut Oak

Swamp Chestnut Oak is a large, majestic oak of bottomland and floodplain forests in the southeastern United States, recognized by its large, coarsely toothed leaves resembling chestnut foliage and its very large, sweet acorns. Its acorns — among the largest and sweetest produced by any North American oak — are eagerly consumed by white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, wood ducks, and black bears. The tree is called 'cow oak' in some parts of the South because cattle readily eat its sweet acorns.