Originally Posted by Gunplummer

The difference is taste. Try an acorn from a white oak and it is edible. Try acorns from red,black, pin oak and all the rest and they are too bitter for you to eat. Chestnut oaks drop large nuts but they are usually wormy. Early in the season when acorns start to drop, the deer will always scratch up an area under a white oak rather than pick up other acorns that are easier to get at.