Books on Oaks

These books published by the California Oak Foundation can be useful in identifying and caring for oaks.

Oaks of California

The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait

Compatible Plants Under & Around Oaks

Investigating the Oak Community: A Curriculum Guide for Grades 4–8

Acorns and Eat ‘em: A How-to Vegetarian Cookbook

All are available from:

California Oak Foundation 1212 Broadway, Suite 810, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 763-0282, FAX (510) 208-4435, oakstaff@californiaoaks.org, www.californiaoaks.org.

Sudden Oak Death Web Sites

There are many web sites with extensive information on SOD. These are among the best, and have links to other useful sites.

The California Oak Mortality Task Force: www.suddenoakdeath.org

CalFlora: www.calflora.org/SOD

University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources: danr.ucop.edu/news/MediaKit/SOD.html

California Oak Foundation: www.californiaoaks.org.

CalFlora

Most of the photos in this story are from CalFlora (www.calflora.org), a community resource built by collaboration among people and institutions. This comprehensive database of plant distribution information for California was designed to provide ready access to data needed to identify critical issues in conservation of plant diversity, and to analyze consequences of land use and environmental change on distribution of native and exotic species. CalFlora welcomes new collaborators, data contributors, and volunteers.

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