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