One of two chinkapin oak trees located northwest of Ross Hall.
The chinkapin oak
is an open-growing tree 40 to 50 feet tall, with a rounded or oval crown.
When this tree is planted in open spaces, the lower branches are often low
and spreading, and the trunk low-branching and strongly tapered with a swollen
base. This species is native in Iowa south and east of a line from the Loess
Hills in Mills County northeastward to Winneshiek County. It is native from
Ontario to western Florida. Leaf margins are coarsely serrated, teeth often
slightly incurved. The chinkapin oak, grows faster than most other white
oaks and matures at a smaller size.
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