Sawtooth Oak

Sawtooth Oak

(Quercus acutissima)

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

▲ small tree

▲ ▼ leaves

▲ trunk and bark

Location near campus: Close Park at the Botanical Center

Quercus acutissima: Sawtooth Oak

• leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, lanceolate with serrated margins with spines at tips of serrations; 3.5-7.5" long and 1/4 as wide; dark green above and glabrous and lighter green below
• stems gray brown and glabrous
• bark is deeply ridged and furrowed and medium brown
• grows 40-60' tall in rounded outline
• acorn has loose, spreading, shaggy scales enclosing 2/3 of acorn, nut is about 3/4" long
• prefers ful sun and well-drained acid soils, but very soil adaptable
• medium to fast growth rate; begins producing acorns at early age