Fagaceae
Saw-tooth oak
Quercus acutissima
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Afrikaans
- Saagtandeik, Stekeleik
- Arabic
- سنديان حاد
- arz
- سنديان حاد
- Chinese
- 麻栎, 麻櫟, 栎, 橡实, 橡实壳, 橡木皮, 橡碗树, 北方麻栎
- Czech
- Dub špičatolistý, Dub nejšpičatější
- Dutch
- Gezaagdbladige eik
- English
- Saw-tooth oak, Sawtooth oak, Bristle oak, Chinese oak
- Esperanto
- Segildenta kverko, Japana marona kverko
- French
- Chêne du Japon
- German
- Japanische Kastanien-Eiche, Seidenraupen-Eiche
- Hungarian
- Hegyeslevelű tölgy
- Japanese
- クヌギ, くぬぎ, つるばみ, ツルバミ, ボクソク, 椚, 椚木, 椢
- Korean
- 상수리나무, 상수리 나무
- Persian
- بلوط برگارهای
- Portuguese
- Carvalho do Japão, Carvalho japonês, Kunugi
- Russian
- Дуб острейший
- Slovenian
- Ostrokoničasti hrast, Japonski hrast, Kitajski hrast
- Turkish
- Japon kestane meşesi
- Ukrainian
- Дуб найгостріший
Synonyms
- Quercus acutissima var. lioui Kozlov
- Quercus acutissima var. septentrionalis Liou
- Quercus serrata var. attenuata Blume
- Quercus serrata var. nana Blume
- Quercus serrata var. obtusata Blume
- Quercus serrata var. tanbakuri Blume
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 27 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geotourist Freiburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geotourist Freiburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: joosgoos3, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.