Pin Oak
 

Hi everybody
is Pin Oak the Oak tree that does not really lose it leaves in winter time ?

"Keith Corwell" wrote in
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Hi everybody
is Pin Oak the Oak tree that does not really lose it leaves in winter
time ?



No, Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) is deciduous. Could you be thinking of Live
Oak (Quercus virginiana)?

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David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
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David Bockman wrote:
"Keith Corwell" wrote in
:


Hi everybody
is Pin Oak the Oak tree that does not really lose it leaves in winter
time ?




No, Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) is deciduous. Could you be thinking of Live
Oak (Quercus virginiana)?


Pin oak leaves turn reddish-brown and die like those of most oaks, but
many of them tend to stick to the branches until spring instead of
falling to the ground. So the leaves aren't "lost" but they aren't
green either.

Keith Corwell wrote:

Hi everybody
is Pin Oak the Oak tree that does not really lose it leaves in winter time ?

There are several evergreen oaks. Many are described as "live
oaks".

Suitable for my climate, there are
Quercus agrifolia -- coast live oak
Q. chysolepis -- canyon live oak, maul oak, goldencup oak
Q. durata -- leather oak, Nuttall's scrub oak
Q. engelmannii -- Engelmann Oak, mesa oak, Pasadena oak
Q. ilex -- holly oak, holm oak
Q. suber -- cork oak
Q. tomentella -- island oak
Q. turbinella -- desert scrub oak, shrub oak
Q. nacciniifolia -- huckleberry oak
Q. viginiana -- southern live oak
Q. wislizenii -- interior live oak

However, my own oak is Q. lobata (valley white oak), which is
definitely deciduous. I started it from an acorn that I pick up in
a shopping center parking lot. It's now 28 years old and taller
than my two-story house. See
URL:http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_oak_acorn.html.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at URL:http://www.rossde.com/garden/