pinoak

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Name       Common: Pin oak
                  Scientific: quercus palustris
Leaf:          Type: Simple
               Form: 1.Vein: obovate
                        2.Apex: Truncate
                        3.Margin: Incised
                        4.Base: Cunceate
                                    Venation: Palmate
                                    Arrangement: Simple
Flower: Seperate: Description: Female and Male flowers in separate catkins, hanging and hairy catkins, 5-7.5 cm, long, female flowers, tiny

Fruit: yes
       Description: 1-1.4 cm, long,capen closing, nut

Twig: Finely hairy, reddish-brown when young, becoming smooth and grayish with age

Bark: thin, smooth, becoming slightly fissured to deeply furrowed with age, dark gray to grayish brown

pin oak leaf plicture

Form: Ovoid, 70-100 feet tall, 25-40 spread

Discussion:

pinoakspring

Uses: decor, habitat, furniture,sap, ornamental

Origin (location): China

Distribution: Easten Canada to Georgia west to Texas

Zone: 4-7
Images:

Map:#28

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References: Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs by Michael A. Dirr

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