Pin Oak

Latin Name: Quercus palustris

Bloom Color: n/a
Bloom Time: n/a

Characteristics:
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

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

Wildlife:
Attracts songbirds, water birds, ground birds and mammals, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Larval Host: Gray Hairstreak