Quercus acutissima Carruth.

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Halfway House, Headlands

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Common names:	Sawtooth oak (English)
Description:	Deciduous tree to 15 m. Bark deeply vertically ridged. Leaves resembling those of chestnuts, Castanea sp.; petiole 3-4 cm; lamina 11-15 × 3-5 cm, oblong, glossy green above and beneath, brown-pubescent beneath; marginal teeth with prominent bristles, 3-4 mm long. Acorn cup enclosing two-thirds of the nut, covered in spreading spine-like scales.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to Korea, Japan and China.
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Literature:	Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 933. Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 221.

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