1. BOTANICAL NAME
QUERCUS PALUSTRIS

2. PRONUNCIATION
KUER - kus

3. COMMON NAME
Pin Oak

5. FAMILY
Fagaceae

6. Life Cycle
Deciduous perennial

7. Growth Habit
Tree
H 60-70’
W 35-40’

8. ARRANGEMENT
Alternate

9. LEAF
Ovate
Length 3” - 5”
Width 3” - 4”

10. MARGIN
Cleft

11. VEINS
Pinnate

12. COMPOSITION
Simple

15. TEXTURE
Medium

16. FLOWER
Spring
Brown catkin
Insignificant

17. FRUIT
Fall
Brown acorn

18. EXPOSURE
Sun
Part shade

19. GROWTH
Rapid

20. USE
Specimen
Border

21. DESCRIPTION Leaf has 5, sometimes 7, rarely 9 lobes
Sinus is very much “U” shaped and deep with narrow lobes

22. DESCRIPTION
Leaf dark green above, light green below, with tuffs of hair below
Bark is rather thin

23. CULTURAL PRACTICES
One of the fastest growing oaks

24. PROBLEMS

25. ZONES
4 - 8

26. NATIVE OF:
USA