Common Name: Pin Oak       

Scientific Name: Quercus palustris    

Location: Meadowcroft Park, at basketball court, and five others along North Meadowcroft to ballfield
Size: 18 inches diameter at breast height

Location: Spalding Circle
Size: 28 inches diameter at breast height

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Native to: Northeastern U.S.

This tree typically grows to:  50-70 feet tall and 40-60 feet wide 

This tree prefers these conditions:  Medium to wet soil; full sun; needs acidic soil.

Special about this tree:  

• Upper branches grow up, middle branches grow out, lower branches grow downward.
• Nice dark red fall color.
• Tolerates some flooding, making it a good rain garden tree.
• Produces small rounded acorns, which feed squirrels and deer.
• Susceptible to oak wilt,

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