Squashed between two silver dollar gums at 315 Doherty Drive. 2013: This tree is gone now.

This tree is actually in the back yard of 44 Diane Lane, but is best viewed from this angle. From the west entrance of Redwood High School parking lot, go south almost to the parking lot for Tamalpais School and look west.

Pin oak is a deciduous native to eastern United States. It is fairly widely planted in California cities, but is unsuited to alkaline soils. Foliage fall color is variable tan to red. This species exhibits a characteristic (called marcescence) common to several deciduous oaks, where dead leaves persist on the tree through the winter, falling only as new leaves emerge.

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