Fagaceae
Pin oak
Quercus palustris
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (31)
- Afrikaans
- Moeraseik, Naaldeik
- Arabic
- بلوط سبخي
- arz
- بلوط سبخى
- Basque
- Zingira-haritz
- Belarusian
- Дуб балотны
- Bulgarian
- Блатен дъб
- Catalan
- Roure dels pantans
- Chinese
- 沼生栎, 沼生櫟
- Czech
- Dub bahenní, Dub bažinný
- Danish
- Sump-Eg
- Dutch
- Moeraseik
- English
- Pin oak, Water oak, Swamp oak, Swamp Spanish oak
- Finnish
- Otatammi, Suotammi
- French
- Chêne des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Eiche, Boulevard-Eiche, Boulevardeiche, Sumpfeiche
- hsb
- Bahnowy dub
- Hungarian
- Amerikai mocsártölgy
- Icelandic
- Mýraeik
- Japanese
- ピンオーク
- Latvian
- Purva ozols
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinis ąžuolas
- Macedonian
- Мочуриштен даб
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sumpeik
- Persian
- بلوط باتلاقی
- Polish
- Dąb błotny
- Russian
- Дуб болотный
- Serbian
- Амерички мочварни храст
- Slovenian
- Močvirski hrast
- Spanish
- Roble de los pantanos, Roble palustre americano
- Swedish
- Kärrek
- Turkish
- Bataklık meşesi
Synonyms
- Quercus palustris var. heterophylla Cockerell
- Quercus rubra var. dissecta Lam.
- Quercus rubra var. palustris (Münchh.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: botany08, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: skylar_schell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: betsyyyy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Katie McCoy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.