Chinquapin oak grows in calcareous soil, so not in the Piedmont but rather the Ridge and Valley of New Jersey. It's a tree, not a cloning shrub. It has evenly lobed leaves like a chestnut oak, but each lobe ends in a defined tooth, that is not long enough to be a bristle (thus this is still a white-type oak).
Its bark is supposed to be flaky like white oaks but often yellowish and its acorns are striking when ripe: dark brown with a very light greenish cap which is large and tight and covers about 1/4 of the nut.
