KNOW YOUR HILL COUNTRY OAKS - Texas Oak Wilt · BLACKJACK OAK POST OAK WHITE SHIN OAK BUR OAK Vasey...

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KNOW YOUR HILL COUNTRY OAKS TEXAS FOREST SERVICE http://txforestservice.tamu.edu www.texasoakwilt.org Red Oak group * Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis White Shin Oak / Bigelow Oak Quercus breviloba v.sinuata Lacey Oak/ Blue Oak Quercus laceyi Vasey Oak Quercus vaseyana (western Edwards Plateau) Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Post Oak Quercus stellata Mexican White Oak Quercus polymorpha (West Texas) White Oak group (more resistant to oak wilt) ( * Red oaks infected with oak wilt can form fungal mats.) Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii (East Texas native) (Live oaks are suspectible to oak wilt but do not form fungal mats.) Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Texas Oak/ Spanish Oak Quercus buckleyi Illustrations taken from: Forest Trees of Texas. TFS Bulletin 20 Trees of Central Texas. Robert A. Vines

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KNOW YOUR HILL COUNTRY OAKS

TEXAS FOREST SERVICE http://txforestservice.tamu.edu

www.texasoakwilt.org

Red Oak group *

Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica

Escarpment Live OakQuercus fusiformis

White Shin Oak /Bigelow Oak Quercus breviloba v.sinuata

Lacey Oak/Blue OakQuercus laceyi

Vasey OakQuercus vaseyana(western Edwards Plateau)

Bur OakQuercus

macrocarpa

Post OakQuercus stellata

Mexican White OakQuercus polymorpha

(West Texas)

White Oak group (more resistant to oak wilt)

( * Red oaks infected with oak wilt can form fungal mats.)

Shumard OakQuercus shumardii(East Texas native)

(Live oaks are suspectible to oak wilt butdo not form fungal mats.)

Chinkapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii

Texas Oak/Spanish OakQuercus buckleyi

Illustrations taken from:Forest Trees of Texas. TFS Bulletin 20Trees of Central Texas. Robert A. Vines