Quercus ellipsoidalis
Northern pin oak · also Hill's oak, Jack oak
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Quercus ellipsoidalis, also known as northern pin oak or Hill's oak, is a North American oak species native to the Great Lakes region and Upper Mississippi Valley. It typically grows on dry, sandy soils. This tree is native to parts of the north-central United States and south-central Canada.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 9230.13%—25 in
- 2010.04%4.4 yr2.4 in
- 1590.21%4.8 yr2.0 in
- 680.02%—2.4 in
- 600.04%1.3 yr2.0 in
- 600.14%—2.8 in
- 580.02%—3.0 in
- 280.04%—4.7 in
- 240.01%—2.0 in
- 220.01%—3.0 in
- 190.12%—7.9 in
- 170.01%1.1 yr2.0 in
- 170.01%6.0 yr7.0 in
- 160.00%—1.6 in
- 80.02%7.8 yr2.0 in
- 20.00%——
- 20.00%—9.8 in
- 10.00%——
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Soil
- Dry, Sandy
Trunk diameters across every city: median 12 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 33 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- Southern Great Lakes forests
- Western Great Lakes forests
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
