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