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Oaks & Pines Presentations

Oak Research and Discovery

Books or Articles -

Oaks of California (Bruce M. Pavlik, Pamela C. Muick, Sharon Johnson, and Marjorie Popper)

Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs (UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, pub 3359)

The Life of an Oak – An Intimate Portrait (Glenn Keator)

USDA – “A Field Guides to Insects and Diseases of California Oaks” (Tedmund J. Swiecki and Elizabeth A. Bernhardt)

Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States (Ronald A. Russo)

Bringing Nature Home – How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded   (Douglas W. Tallamy)

Secrets of the Oak Woodlands – Plants and Animals Among California Oaks (Kate Marianchild)

Websites -

“Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California”, Douglas D. McCreary, UC Natural Resources and Agriculture, pub 21601e. https://oaks.cnr.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Regenerating-Oaks.pdf

Calscape.org – What grows in your location, what butterflies and moths those plants support. 

https://oaks.cnr.berkeley.edu/ - UC Oaks website. Use this to download “Living Among the Oaks”.

iNaturalist.org – for help with id. Download app to your phone, or you can use it on the computer. Upload photos for help with id.

Pestnotes - http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/

Calflora.org – lists of plants by county or polygon or address.

County Oak Ordinance FAQs - https://www.edcgov.us/Government/longrangeplanning/environmental/Documents/FAQ-ORMP-Oak-Conservation-Ord-11-15-17.pdf

https://www.edcgov.us/Government/longrangeplanning/environmental/Documents/Fact-Sheet-ORMP-Ordinance-11-9-17.pdf