Barry, You are right. Pin oaks belong in the black oak group. For the most part if the leaf of the oak has at least one bristle on it then it is in the black oak group. Now I know that there is an exception to the rule as there always is but I can't think of one at the moment. Beth
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2009, at 15:10, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: I thought Pin Oak was in the Black Oak Group, not the White Oak Group. From what I've seen, the leaves resemble those of Black or Scarlet, but with more "lobes" on each side than either of those species. I don't have any in my collection, or I'd show the leaves I'm referring to, although I'm pretty sure I've seen the leaves in Egg Harbor City recently. --- On Fri, 11/6/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Two nice Pin Oaks, Bay Village, Ohio To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 6, 2009, 5:42 PM Steve, Splendid pictures of attractive pin oaks. Pins are very common in the Connecticut River Valley. I see many that are between 8 and 11 feet in girth and 85 to 105 feet tall. An occasional pin oak reaches to 13 to 14 feet around. An equally small population reaches to 110 feet in height. The pin oak seemed to have been a preferred shade tree along the streets of many northeastern cities. Today I photographed an oak in Look Park. The first three attached images show the trunk. The last two images show leaves from the same tree. What are the choices? The tree actually looks like a combination of swamp white oak, swamp chestnut oak, bur oak, and white oak. The tree looks to be fairly old. It grows close to a native woodland, but appears to be planted. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Galehouse" <[email protected]> To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 6, 2009 6:23:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Two nice Pin Oaks, Bay Village, Ohio ENTS- Pin oaks are the most common oak in my area, but they seem to be relatively uncommon in much of the East. For those that only know the tree as a young, rigidly pyramidal landscape specimen, I thought I would show some pics of how they mature. The tree on the left is 101' x 12'7'', the right one is 89' x 13'3''. Lake Erie visible in baackground. Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
