Oak Tree Management and Pest Resources

U.S. Forest Service Publications

• California Oak Disease and Arthropod (CODA) Host Index Database (Website)

• Field Guide to Common Pests and Diseases of Oaks in California(Website/PDF)
  • Goldspotted Oak Borer insert

• 2015 Forest Health Alert:Drought and bark beetle-caused tree mortality in California (PDF)
• FIDL: Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 183 updated August 2017 (PDF)

Cal Fire Tree Note Publications

• Tree Notes #3 - "Controlling Bark Beetles in Wood Residue & Firewood" (PDF)
• Tree Notes #7 - "Keeping Native California Oaks Healthy" (PDF)
• Tree Notes #19 - "Managing Bark Beetles in Urban & Rural Trees" (PDF)
• Tree Notes #34 - "Goldspotted Oak Borer" (PDF) (old version, Tree Notes #31)

University of California
Agriculture and Natural Resource Publications & Links (UCANR)

• Pests and Diseases of Southern California Oaks: Care, health, and conservation of oak trees and oak woodlands in urban and wildland areas of Southern California (Blog)
• Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP) (Website)
  • Living Among the Oaks: a Management Guide for Landowners (PDF)

• Pests in Gardens and Landscapes/Oak—Quercus spp. Family Fagaceae (Oak family)

• Integrated Pest Management Pest Notes
  • Bark Beetles (#7421)
  • Soil Solarization for Gardens and Landscapes (#74145)

• A Planner's Guide For Oak Woodlands

• How to Grow California Oaks

• Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs UCANR Publication (#3359) - General information on flatheaded borers pp. 179-183 and Diagnose tips on Oak problems, pp. 429-432

• Healthy Garden-Healthy Home Newsletter

• Fire In California’s Oak Woodlands (PDF)
• Acorn Notes: Collecting and Planting Acorns for Oak Regeneration (PDF)

Other Resources on Oaks, Firewood and Pests

• California Oak Mortality Taskforce (Website)
  
  
• California Oaks Foundation (Website)
  
  
• California Forest Pest Council (Website)
  
  
• California Firewood Taskforce (Website)
  
  
• Don't Move Firewood (Website) - Information from the Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects and Diseases

• Restrictions for Bringing Firewood into the State of California (Website) - Section on California Border Protection Stations FAQs web page by the California Department of Food and Agricuture (CDFA) (website)