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Fagaceae
Quercus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Quercus acutissima Carruthers. Common name: Sawtooth Oak. Habitat: Commonly cultivated as a suburban street tree and also widely planted in ‘wildlife food plots’, rarely naturalizing. Distribution: Native of Japan. This species has been a popular recommendation for ‘wildlife plantings’ in the recent past, and entire stands can be encountered in relatively remote areas, planted by federal and state land management agencies; why ‘wildlife’ species in our area need more oak trees is somewhat mystifying! Spreading from plantings in Knoxville, Tennessee (D. Estes, pers. comm., 2007). Reported as naturalizing in New Jersey (Schmidt 2023).

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Subgenus: Cerris. Section: Cerris.

Origin/Endemic status: E., se., and s. Asia

Taxonomy Comments: See Whittemore (2004) for additional information.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Il, K1, K4, Mo3, NS, Pa, POWO, Va; = n/a — C, F, FNA3, G, RAB, Tat; ? Quercus acutissima Carruth. ssp. acutissima. Basionym: Quercus acutissima Carruth. 1862

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image #1 of Quercus acutissima© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Quercus acutissima© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Quercus acutissima© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
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