Identify the oak - click here to visit a web site illustrating how our perspective changes as a function of "powers of 10." Can you identify the oak that appears near the middle of the video?
Visit A World Community of Old Trees, an Eco-Art project that provides an overview of artistic renditions of many trees, including some famous oaks.
For history, pictures, and the opportunity to purchase seedlings from one of
England's largest and oldest oaks, visit the Major
Oak website.
The latest taxonomic treatments of North American oaks (from the Flora of North America) and Chinese oaks (from the Flora of China) as well as information from other floras may be viewed at the
eFloras web site.
Treeguide: The
Natural History of Trees
provides information about many trees native to North America.
Illinois Plant Information Network and Native Trees for Use Along Illinois Roadsides provide information about the species of oaks native to Illinois (USA).
Atlas of the Flora of Tennessee provides distribution maps and photographs for all species of vascular plants, including 21 species of oaks, native to Tennessee.
Horticulture Plant Search is at Ohio State University and has a searchable database of horticultutal plants (try searching for Quercus, you'll like what you find).
Northern Nut Growers Association
The
Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc. (NNGA)
brings together people interested in growing nut trees. Our members include
experts in nut tree cultivation, farmers, amateur and commercial nut growers,
experiment station workers, horticultural teachers and scientists, nut tree
breeders, nurserypeople, foresters, and beginning nut culturists.
Live Oak Society Sponsored by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, the Live Oak Society is an organization whose membership consists of over 4,769 individuals in 14 states. To become a member, one must be a live oak (Quercus virginiana) with a "waistline" of at least eight feet. The only human member is the recording secretary. Visit this site for information on registering as a member. Below is a picture of the current president ("Seven-Sisters Oak," located in the Lewisburg area of Mandeville, LA) of the Live Oak Society:
NatureServe allows access to taxonomic, ecological, geographic, and conservation information for over 50,000 plants and animals in North America. There is a wealth of information (some of it appears inaccurate, e.g., the distributions and conservation status of some oaks) for many of the species.
University of Florida tree descriptions. Arranged by family, the site provides illustrations, text descriptions, and hardiness zone maps for 680 woody plants, including 26 oaks (most native to eastern North America). NOTE: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
ARBRES
: a site (in French) providing descriptions and illustrations of a number
of oaks and other tree species (pines, firs, maples).
Leonard Dippel's Handbuch der Laubholzkunde (Manual of Woody Plants). Allows access to images of several hundred woody plants, including 35 oaks, as presented in Dipple's three-volume (1889-1893) work.
The Open Directory Project Oak Page. This site provides documented information about the distribution and occurrence, value and use, characteristics, and fire ecology for over aproximately 40 oaks species.
Wisconsin Vascular Plants (includes photos and distribution mapsab of oaks and oak hybrids native to Wisconsin)
Last Updated 4 June 2007
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