Pin Oak
(Quercus palustris)

Tree Description

Has a definite pyramid shape and the middle branches grow at right angles to the trunk.  The trunk is long and slender.  

Leaf Description

• Leaf Arrangement is alternate
• Leaf Shape is oval outline with 5 to 9 lobes that are bristle-tipped
• Leaf Venation is pinnate
• Leaf Division is simple
• Leaf Attachment is Petiolate
• Leaf sinuses extend nearly to midrib

Bark Description
       
The bark is gray/brown in color.  It is very tight and thin.  As it ages, it develops ridges and furrows.

Twig and Bud Description

                
Twigs are slender in shape with a red/brown color.  The twigs are lustrous.

Fruit Description 

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Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998