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