Shortly before 2000, California oaks began dying. The University of California launched an investigation. What was causing this plague, and how might California oaks be kept healthy? A water-borne ...

While there are over 500 species of oaks worldwide, 20 are native to California. The blue oak, valley live oak, coast live oak and black oak are California’s most dominant species. To California ...

Many plants native to California adapted to fire in different ... plants use two strategies to reestablish themselves. Some, like the coast live oak re-sprout from their base, others sprout ...

.From now through the end of December is the time of year to inspect your trees for Sudden Oak Death. Photo courtesy Getty Images. From now through the end of December is the time of year to ...

As the name suggests, California oak moths are a native species, and their offspring like to feed on native coast live oak trees, or any other oak tree that happens to be in their path.

The GSOB only infests oak trees, namely the three native to California: coast live oak, canyon live oak and the California black oak. These are the most prevalent trees that make up Southern ...