Oak woodlands provide valuable habitat for native wildlife throughout California and are associated with hundreds of vertebrate species and thousands of invertebrate species. California's oak-dominated hardwood rangelands total approximately 10 million acres statewide.

Oak Woodland Resources

• University of California Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
• California Oak Foundation

Oak Regeneration & Propagation

• IHRMP's How to Grow California Oaks
• IHRMP Oaks 'n' Folks articles on oak regeneration and restoration

Tree Oaks of California's North Coast

Click on the photo links below for detailed information about each of the tree oak species found
in our area: 

 

Photo credits (left to right): © 2006 George W. Hartwell, J. E.(Jed) and Bonnie McClellan, © 2005 California Academy of Sciences, © 2002 Timothy D. Ives, Margo Bors © 2007 CA Native Plant Society, © 2002 Timothy D. Ives, © 1983 Dean Wm. Taylor, © 2003 BonTerra Consulting.