Pin oak
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Description
A tall, pyramidal shaped oak, Quercus palustris, native to eastern North America. the pin oak has a light reddish brown hard wood that shrinks and cracks with drying. It is sometimes sold as red oak for flooring and lumber, but is weaker and contains more knots.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Quercus palustris; Sump-Eg (Dan.); Sumpfeiche (Deut.)
Physical and Chemical Properties
Tall tree growing to 30 m with pyramidal shape Bark=gray-brown developing thin ridges with age Leaves = oval with 5 to 9 bristle-tipped lobes and deep sinuses. Fruit=small, round acorns with scaly caps, maturation takes 2 years
Resources and Citations
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998