| Description | Green Pillar Oak (Quercus palustris) is a narrow form of the Pin Oak. |
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| Pronunciation | (KWER-kus)(pa-lus-TRIS) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates some soil wettness |
| Soil & Site | In tolerant of high ph soils, causing a bad case of chlorosis. Avoid trying to grow in basic soils (soils above 7.0) , tolerates some wet soils |
| Fruit | roundish acorns in a thin shallow cup |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, 5-7 deep narrow pointed lobes, glossy green, red to scarlet in the fall |
| Dimensions | 50-60 by 12-15 feet (HS), tight narrow growth form |
| Native Site | Massachusetts to Delaware west to Wisconsin and Arkansas |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered by William Flemer, III of Newplant Associates in a mass planting of Quercus palustris 'Crownright' seedlings in 1994. |
| Misc Facts | Palustris is Latin for swamp or marsh. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen many of the species Pin Oak growing in native areas of Wisconsin (USA). When all of the deciduous trees have lost their leaves the Pin Oaks will still hold on to them. This is obvious during the fall and winter. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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