Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima)
A deciduous tree in Beech Family (Fagaceae)
Native to Japan, China, and Korea, the Sawtooth Oak,
is used because it will rapidly establish and produce
heavy fruits at an early age. Thus it is a source of
food in late summer and throughout autumn for
wildlife. Large birds like turkeys, squirrels, deer,
and other mammals. The large, abundant crops of
acorns, which are borne heavily every other year and
sometimes each year makes the Sawtooth Oak a dual
purpose tree. It can be a good shade tree as well as a
wildlife enhancing tree. The Sawthooth Oak is easy to
identify by its pyramidal shape in youth, striated
bark, retained winter foliage, acorns with frilled
caps. The leaves are serrated, hence it gets its
common name. It is planted throughout most of the
east, and may reach 60 feet tall by 60 feet wide when
found in the open. The Sawtooth Oaks like moist but
well drained soils but can be grown in drier places.
It also does well in poorer soils. Plant this tree in
the sun, but it will grow in partial shade. The
Sawtooth oak is mostly pest free. The Sawthooth Oak a
member of the Red Oak group and the Beech Family and
is related to the Beeches, Oaks, and Chestnuts. 
Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima)
A deciduous tree in Beech Family (Fagaceae)
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