Sawtooth oak
InvasiveQuercus acutissima
Beech (Fagaceae) · Invasive · 40–60 ft
Knowing it
An Asian oak with chestnut-like bristle-toothed leaves, planted for deer and now spreading into native woods in the Ozarks.
What a tree company sees
Sound wood; the concern is ecological, not structural.
Recorded in 10 counties
- Cole County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- St. Charles County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.