. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 146 PIN OAK Quercus palustris, Muench may reach a maximum height of 120 ft w, h « ^^7«!«J/'j^y;7,teral branches are short clean, contlnuouB. and bears a ^y";™^*'^^* .^""J^^JJ^^^^^^^ The form of Pin Oak is very and drooping, the middle horizontal, and the upper ascending. distinctive. See Figs. 59 and 60. .^^:^ rrrr -r 1:^.^^='^^'^ brown to reddish. See Fig. 97. IWIG^Iender, tough, lustrous, at . hairy, later .n.«..h, dark r^ t. g»™. covered with pale and inconspicuous lenti
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 146 PIN OAK Quercus palustris, Muench may reach a maximum height of 120 ft w, h « ^^7«!«J/'j^y;7,teral branches are short clean, contlnuouB. and bears a ^y";™^*'^^* .^""J^^JJ^^^^^^^ The form of Pin Oak is very and drooping, the middle horizontal, and the upper ascending. distinctive. See Figs. 59 and 60. .^^:^ rrrr -r 1:^.^^='^^'^ brown to reddish. See Fig. 97. IWIG^Iender, tough, lustrous, at . hairy, later .n.«..h, dark r^ t. g»™. covered with pale and inconspicuous lenticels. BUB^Altemate, .n,ooth, . of an inch-ong, -"JU"™^-. ^Zf"'^' """^ ^'^^ "'" browu scales which may sometimes be slightly hairy on the margin. 1EAVB»-Alternate, simple. 4-6 inches long, 2-4 '-"^^.TlZ^" ^^TS\'^l^''^i^ rur^rtre, -sr^L'-ixiT^vi'sT^^ rrtu^o, ^....«« axis. LEAF-SCARS-See "Leaf-Scars" under White Oak. page 138. ,n=\v/x artsn-r^m-is-i:s:s%^rtiifatrrr^ortsr^^^^^^ by spreading bright red styles. FEWT-AU acorn, maturing at the end of the »«»"« »'«^"'J^"7j;.2pS','"haUow! scales. Kernel Is bitter and pale yellow. »ro„«: with conspicuous medulian. -^^jJ»;J- ^^^'iJ^'iJttr^^^^ rrLC-^rp^^l^rarrUrrS .rS^asla'S f^rinterlor «nlsh. w!J^?arr%r^d°=t?.^re^^ rd'^rhrL^xiiYdr::^^^^^ ."r^?.en"hSr:;:h Thr. srer-^ro^s iz^7::vi^ rr ^me. .he h„as .r. •mall, smooth, sharp-polnted, and light brown In color. EAMOi^From Massachusetts to Michigan and Missouri, south to Virginia, Tennessee, «.d Oklahoma. DISTRIBUTION m PENNSYLVANIA-<3ommon in the eastern and southern parts. Occa- sional in the mountainous parts. Sparse in the western part. IMPOaTANCE OF THE SPECIE^The Pin Oaij doe. not rank^igh ^om «„^™-{;^'„'j;ij; „, view, even among the Black Oak <^^''^^^^^'\ll^,^:^l- ." ha'de Srk, or avenn. for ornamental purposes. It deser
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