DendroBoy

Some extra info on the oak tree. Last year it only grew 8 leaves. The leaves grow in 4's. It grew it's first ever leaves in 4, a month later a new shoot grew with 4 more leaves at opposite ends of eachother as the pictures indicate. The acorn it grew out of was small and to my knowledge looked strikingly similar to a pin oak acorn (but again I'm no expert whatsoever). I live in the borough of Queens in New York, near Manhattan for those who aren't too familiar. I hope this extra info helps you guys out more with identifying my tree. But at the same time, I don't know what the leaves will look like when they sprout this year. Maybe it is a pin oak, but then again it didn't really turn any colors. It just basically turned paper bag brown in the fall. But a couple of the leaves retained it's green color. The last leaf fell off the first week of Feb 2008. So I hope this helps in identifying my tree. Definitive answers are much appreciated.