Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus acutissima
FAMILY
Fagaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Quercus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus acutissima
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sawtooth Oak
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JK Marlow jkm080410_004
April Lexington County SC
Parking lot
Acorn cup with a fringed rim of elongated scales, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
JK Marlow jkm080410_009
April Lexington County SC
Parking lot
Bark furrowed, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm080410_013b
April Lexington County SC
Parking lot
Leaves resemble those of Castanea, with awn-terminated marginal teeth, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
COMPARE
leaves of Chestnut and Sawtooth Oak
JK Marlow s030800_a
August Williamsburg County SC
Evenly spaced lateral veins, ending in bristle-tipped teeth, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus acutissima
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus acutissima
FAMILY
Fagaceae