What tree is this?
Schalaislost
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I live in Japan and last autumn planted some acorns my son brought home with him from a field trip. I have a lot of seedlings now but no real idea what the tree is.
I suspect a chestnut given the leaves, but the acorns were small. The trees are also doing really well in normal soil rather than the acidic soil I read chestnuts seem to prefer.
From the acorns, I think maybe I have stone oaks, but the leaves of a stone oak aren't like little saws. So I'm not completely sure.
Does anyone know? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The acorns were like these.
I suspect a chestnut given the leaves, but the acorns were small. The trees are also doing really well in normal soil rather than the acidic soil I read chestnuts seem to prefer.
From the acorns, I think maybe I have stone oaks, but the leaves of a stone oak aren't like little saws. So I'm not completely sure.
Does anyone know? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The acorns were like these.
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In case you disagree, here's the link to their list - https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-results?s=desc(plant_merged)&query=Quercus&context=b%253D0%2526hf%253D10%2526l%253Den%2526q%253DQuercus%2526s%253Ddesc%252528plant_merged%252529%2526sl%253Dplants&page=1
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Quercus ryspophylla..is from Mexico and is evergreen...mystery tree leaves appear to be deciduous.
http://oaks.of.the.world.free.fr/quercus_rysophylla.htm
But with so many species an accurate id will be hard for all but experts in oak trees.