What: Quercus palustris, commonly called pin oak, is a very tough, easy-to-grow tree that demands little except enough space to spread. It’s best suited to the larger garden, as this oak will ...

You have some other kind of oak, perhaps a hybrid oak with pin oak genes involved. Pin oak (Quercus palustris) leaves look very much like those of Shumard red oaks, but pin oaks must have acidic soils ...