Scientific name: Quercus acutissima
Common name: sawtooth oak
Native: No
Native range: Native to eastern Asia but was introduced to the eastern United States in the 1920s, and has since become invasive [1,3].
Distribution in North America: Click to view the USDA Plants Database page for Q. acutissima.
USDA Zones: 5B-9A [2]
Maximum age: Unclear, however oaks typically live for several hundred years [5].
Ecology: It supports caterpillars, beetles, and other insects, though likely many fewer than native oaks. Squirrels and other small mammals eat the acorns [1,2,3].
Ethnobotany: In its native range, it is used as to create dyes and as a treatment for stomach upset [6,7]. In North America, it is mainly an ornamental [1,2,3,4].
[1] https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/
[2] http://hort.ufl.edu/database/documents/
pdf/tree_fact_sheets/queacub.pdf
[3] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/
[4] http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/
[5] https://www.nature.com/articles/
s41477-018-0172-3#auth-Karine-Labadie
[6] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/
