Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)

Straight-trunked tree with spreading to horizontal branches, very slender pinlike twigs, and a broadly conical crown. A stongly pyramidal tree with a distinct central leader, with dark-green foliage becoming dark-red in fall. Leaves persist into winter. One of the faster growing oaks. Tolerates wet feet

Landscape size: 60 – 70 feet

Growing Conditions

• Native Habitat: Wet woods; bottomlands
• Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Attracts songbirds, water birds, ground birds and mammals, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Larval Host: Gray Hairstreak