| Description | Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) is a fast-growing and strongly pyramidal in youth. With age, it will lose its pyramidal shape—one of the last trees to drop its leaves in the fall. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| 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) Somewhat tolerant of wet soils. |
| Fruit | roundish acorns in a thin shallow cup |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, 5-7 deep narrow pointed lobes, green turning to russet to brown in the winter, many trees hold on to the brown leaves throughout the entire winter |
| Dimensions | Strongly pyramidal at youth maturing to an oval pyramidal shape. Reaches 60-70 feet tall with a spread of 25-30 feet |
| Propagation | acorns |
| Native Site | North America, mainly in the eastern United States |
| Misc Facts | Palustris is Latin for swamp or marsh. AKA: Swamp Oak |
| Author's Notes | I have seen many of the species Pin Oak trees 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), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #94-Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada |
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