Chestnut oak
Chinese hybrid
American Chestnut
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The leaf of the American Chestnut is 5 to 9 inches in length, 1-1/2 to 3 inches in width, narrowly oblong, long - pointed tip that ends in a curved tooth. Main vein has many parallel veins off it. It is shiny yellow-green above with a paler green under color and a few hairs along the midrib. It turns yellow in autumn/fall.