Pin oak is a large deciduous tree whose form, or growth habit, changes over time. In its youth and into middle-age, the shape is indeed very regular, a dense pyramid with many straight branches ...

Pin Oak does barn chic. By Lindsey Love March 5, 2013. Kimberly Gremillion, left, and Janine Iannarelli. Gary Fountain/Freelance. Elizabeth Wood, left, and Alexis Caruselle. Gary Fountain/Freelance.

A single large pin oak tree can rain down up to 400,000 oak leaf itch mites per day. Oak mites can live through the winter in protected areas or within leaves/leaf litter on the ground.