Quercus palustris 'Pin Oak'

This popular, majestic tree with good autumn colour is most suitable for larger park and garden plantings. Often used for difficult sites as a stately street or avenue tree.

Categories: Quercus (Oak)

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Genus

Quercus
Species

palustris
Variety Type

Ornamental
Variety

Quercus (Oak)
Growth Rate

Moderate.
Foliage

Lustrous, dark green leaves with five to seven deep, fine lobes. Deep red to bronze in late autumn, with an even more brilliant scarlet colour in cooler areas. Leaves often persist over winter. The winter buds are without a woolly covering which helps to distinguish this species from Q. coccinea.
Bark

Dark grey, fissuring with age in flat, scaly ridges.
Ornamental Fruit

Stout acorns around 12 mm long with a shallow, saucer-shaped cap.
Tree Habit

Ovate, with a strong central leader. Conical when young, with ascending upper branches and drooping lower branches. Eventually becoming a large tree.
Tree Size

15m x 8m
Flowers

Grey-green to tan male catkin; yellow-green to tan female flower, matures to light brown acorn. Blooms in late winter early spring.
Height (m)

15
Width (m)

8