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Arboretum
"A man does not plant a tree for himself, he plants it for posterity." - Alexander Smith
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Sawtooth Oak
(Quercus acutissima)
Donated by
KC Collegiate FFA
Tree Map Location: #
130
In Honor of KC Collegiate FFA
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Leaf:
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Alternate, simple, lanceolate in shape, 3 to 7 inches long, pinnately veined with a very sharply serrate margin bearing bristle-tipped teeth. Strongly resembles a Castanea leaf.
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Flower:
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Male catkins are golden and pendant, appearing in the spring; female catkins are borne on spikes, appearing with the leaves.
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Fruit:
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Acorns are oval in shape. Cap covers 1/2 of nut with scales very prominently reflexed - resembles hair. Among the first acorns to ripen in the fall after two years.
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Twig:
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Quite slender, red to gray-brown in color with multiple terminal buds; buds are gray-brown, pubescent on the bud scale edges and somewhat pyramidal.
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Bark:
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Ridged and furrowed even when young, later deeply ridged and furrowed, somewhat corky.
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Source:
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College of Natural Resource Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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To participate in the Kaskaskia College Arboretum please contact:
Office of Institutional Advancement
618-545-3069
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