What kind of tree is this?

Clues

  • Southern hardwood forest species
  • Deciduous
  • Large dense symmetrical crown, with an oval or pyramidal shape
  • Low branched and typically has 1 trunk
  • Bark is smooth, thin and silver-gray
  • Grows to 65-80 feet, with 50–60-foot spread
  • Leaves are 2-4 inches long, glossy green, simple, alternate, ovate, with serrated edges
  • Leaves have pinnate venation
  • Leaves turn yellow and copper colored in fall
  • Buds are long and thin, resembling cigars
  • Fruit is sharply angled nut in pairs in soft-spined, four lobed husk

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