FAGACEAE - - Beech Family

Quercus palustris Muenchhausen — Pin Oak

Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) - Tree becoming 25 m. tall, the lower branches reflexed, the bark grayish-brown or light-brown, rather smooth except for small scales; leaf-blades broadly oval, varying to ovate or obovate in outline, 6—15 cm. long, merely pubescent in the vein-axils beneath, deeply pinnatifid, the lobes oblong, lanceolate, or triangular; acorns short-stalked; cup saucer-shaped, 10—14 mm. wide; nut globose—ovoid, 10—15 mm. long.

Habitat:

Swamps and bottomlands, especially the broader swamps developed in the sedimentary rocks of Triassic basins of the lower Piedmont, isolated upland sag ponds, also widely planted as a street tree in towns and cities.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.