#274 most planted
Quercus acutissima
Sawtooth oak · also Sawthorn oak, Asian chestnut oak
Deciduous
5,283
trees mapped
0.05%
of all named trees
13
cities
9.0 in
median trunk (23 cm, 5,228 measured)
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The sawtooth oak is a large, deciduous Asian oak species. It is characterized by bristle-tipped leaf lobes and acorns that mature in about 18 months. It is an attractive tree that provides value to wildlife like birds and squirrels.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2,8380.39%—7.0 in
- 1,3540.69%—16 in
- 5310.29%—11 in
- 3100.27%33 yr3.0 in
- 1020.03%—3.0 in
- 550.02%—10 in
- 440.28%25 yr11 in
- 350.01%—3.1 in
- 50.00%——
- 40.00%—2.6 in
- 30.00%—2.4 in
- 10.00%—10 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 35–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–50 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.0 in, mean 10 in, 90th percentile 20 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
- Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
