How to Use pin oak in a Sentence
pin oak
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The pin oak grows as tall as 70 feet with a canopy up to 40 feet wide.
—Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
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The job required the removal of a large pin oak on the south side of the circle.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 May 2018
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John Reinier, a Metroparks wetland ecologist, said the restored wetlands should harbor pin oak, swamp white oak, frogs, muskrats and more.
—Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 9 Jan. 2018
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Shaded by London planes and pin oak trees, the park was sandwiched between the new highway and a riverside promenade.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
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That’s how long Medina Kiwanis members have been distributing 12-inch-tall pin oak seedlings to the city’s third-graders in honor of Arbor Day each year.
—Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 3 May 2021
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The park district has also planted native trees throughout the river’s floodplain, including swamp white oak, pin oak and sycamore.
—Megan Becka, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2021
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Consider the additional habitat benefits of a scarlet oak or a pin oak that offers acorns for backyard wildlife.
—oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2020
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The land is mostly wet woods, with many mature trees, including shagbark hickory, American beech, American elm, black gum, red maple, pin oak and chestnut oak.
—Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 15 Mar. 2018
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National Wildflower Week event involving the planting of a pin oak tree in the Victoria Avenue building courtyard.
—John Benson, cleveland, 5 May 2021
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Trees available include 1-gallon vitex and Mexican plum saplings and 5-gallon Little Gem magnolia, eastern redbud, cherry bark oak, pin oak and water oak.
—Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
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Unfortunately, a similar-looking tree, northern pin oak, somehow gets sold and planted locally.
—Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 13 June 2018
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