Handbook of Tj;ees of the Nort 



States and Ca 



143 



The Pin Oak occnsionally attains the height 

 of 70 or 80 ft. with trunk 2 or 3 ft. in diame- 

 ter vested in a clo^e snioothish bark. WlieTi 

 growing in the open it develops an oblong or 

 narrow rounded top of many upriglit and 

 spreading branches, tlic lowermost reacliing 

 downwards nearly to the ground. It is one of 

 our most distinct and beautiful Oaks, with its 

 clear-cnt, handsome leavesand smooth columnar 

 trunks, and well worthy of more extensive 

 planting for ornamental purposes. Tt natu 

 rally grows in deep rich soil of liottoui lands 

 and the borders of ponds and swamps in com- 

 pany with the Sour Gum, Sweet Gum. Red 

 Maple. Swamp Poplar, Water Beech, Horn- 

 beam, etc., but thrives well when transplanted 

 to dryer situations. 



The wood of the Pin Oak is used for in- 

 terior finishing, shingles, clap-boards, etc., and 

 in cooperage. A cu. ft. when absolutely dry 

 weighs 43.24 Ibs.i 



Lrni-rs obovate and broad oblong in ontlinn, 4-G 

 in. lon.c, pinnatitied witli broad rounded sinusos 

 and 5-7 spreading lobes wide near apex and usual l.v 

 each 2-3-toothed and bristle-tipped, at maturit.v 

 lastrous dark green above, paler and with tufts of 

 pale hairs in axils beneath ; petioles slpnder. 

 Flowers: staminate aments slender, pubescent, 2-3 

 in. long : calyx lobes denticulate ; pistillate with 

 tomcntose pedunclps and slender spreading brigbt 

 red stigmas. Fnnl : ar-orns maturing second .year, 

 subglobose or nearly hemispherical, about V. in. 

 in diameter, with light brown sboll, tomentoso in- 

 side and with thin saucer-shaped or slightly tur- 

 binate cup with thin closely appressed puberulous 

 scales. 



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