In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to chestnut oak, sometimes called rock chestnut ... It has small, very rounded lobed leaves and strongly ridged, ...

Timber from this former giant is naturally rot-resistant and nearly as durable as oak ... leaves of American chestnut contain greater nutrient concentrations (nitrogen [N], phosphorus [P], potassium ...

Also on Thursday, a decades-old oak tree was removed near Craven Quad and replaced with a swamp chestnut oak tree planted nearby ... With large cavities in its trunk, dying limbs and thinning leaves, ...