
Pin Oak
- Botanical Name
- Quercus palustris
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 8
- Height
- 60 to 70 feet
- Width
- 25 to 40 feet
- Flowers
- May: yellow-green catkin - male; inconspicuous spikes - female
- Fruit
- Acorn, small cup sits on nut, pin on bottom of nut
- Fall Color
- Russet bronze or red
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily
- Tolerates wet clay soils and some urban settings
- Problems
- Chlorosis in alkaline soils, galls
- Varieties
- Crown Right - upright with ascending branches
- Sovereign - lacks pendulous lower branches, excellent vigor
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