It is the fastest growing oak and will survive on a variety of soils. It also makes a good windbreak tree. The bark is smooth and shiny in youth, becoming roughened on the older portions of the trunk. Pin oak is not a commercially valuable tree althoug the straight trunks do make good poles and pilings in limited quantities. Only limited use is made of pin oak lumber because the many small branches on the tree cause lumber to be knotty.
Some use is made of the lumber for pallets and construction.
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