Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

2. Leaf, × 1/2.

3. Flowering branchlet, × 1/2.

4. Staminate flower, enlarged.

5. Pistillate flower, enlarged.

6. Fruit, × 1.

FAGACEAE

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris Muench.

HABIT.—A medium-sized tree 40-50 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 1-2 feet; forming an oblong or pyramidal crown of many upright, spreading branches, the lowermost drooping nearly to the ground.