Ongoing research

A collaborative UC-led team in California’s North Coast has been conducting research on conifer encroachment for the last several years, and is just wrapping up a 3-year, ANR Competitive Grants-funded project. That project, Tools for a Changing Landscape, set out to better characterize the…

The loss of deciduous oak woodlands to native conifer encroachment is a major conservation concern in northwestern California and across much of the Pacific Northwest, resulting in associated losses of wildlife habitat, cultural uses, biodiversity, and other ecosystem services. These losses have drawn…

by Douglas McCrearyThe IssueFor nearly 100 years, there has been concern that several native California oak species are not regenerating adequately to sustain populations. Inadequate regeneration could adversly affect woodlands, resulting in conversions to shrub fields or bare pastures. A principal factor…

by Mo-Mei ChenOaks ’n Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993IntroductionIn California, a variety of mushrooms have become increasingly popular. Because mushrooms grow well in oak woodland habitat, commercial mushroom production offers a profit potential for oak woodland owners. Woodland owners can also…

Oaks ’n Folks – Volume 17, Issue 2 – August 2001The people have selected the oak as their choice for America’s National Tree in a nationwide vote hosted by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Results of the Vote for America’s National Tree were announced April 27th at a tree planting ceremony on the Capitol…

by Ellen Zagory and J. LichterHortScript 11, March, 1995California native oaks such as the valley oak (Quercus lobata), blue oak (Q. douglasii)), interior live oak (Q. wislizenii), andcoast live oak (Q. agrifolia) are some of the most significant natural components of…