The Maryland Native Plant Society

The Maryland Native Plant Society

Year of the Oak Photos

Throughout 2012, MNPS encourages our members and friends to learn about the diversity of oaks found in Maryland, Wasington, DC, Virginia, and across the region.

If you have photos of our native oaks, including leaves, acorns, bark, and flowers, please share them with us. 

See MNPS members photo albums of Oaks...

Here are a few requirements for photos:

  • We prefer if members upload the photos as an Album on their profile page. The images can be larger size (although if you upload many photos, you may run out of server space!) Instructions are coming soon.
  • Email mnps@chesapeake.net when the album is done, and we'll create a link on the Members Photo page.
  • Identify by scientific name (we use the USDA Plants Database nomenclature)
  • Include the following: your name, the photographer’s name, the date taken, the location taken.
  • Provide a a caption that includes other relevant information such as location, time of year, interesting facts.
  • As a last resort, e-mail the photo and information to info @ mdflora.org; Must be in JPEG (.jpg) format and file size should be < 200 KB;

Photos with people: get permission from the individuals in the photo to use the photo on the web site; include that with your photo. If there are any children in the photo, provide the parent's permission to use the photo. Many people don’t like to unexpectedly find themselves in pictures on web sites.

 

11 photo(s) Updated on: 11/23/2011
  • Quercus nigra (Water Oak). Photo by J. Hill, June 12, 2012, Delaware Seashore State Park--Fresh Pond, near Bethany Beach, DE (less than 10 miles n. of MD line).
  • Q. montana, Chestnut Oak, showing typical deeply grooved bark. Ft Totten Park, DC, 03-04-2012 MNPS Field Trip, photo by Kirsten Johnson
  • Bark of Quercus pagoda (Pagoda Oak or Cherrybark Oak). Photo by Bob Yacovissi, 12/28/2011, Chapman Forest, Charles County, MD, during MNPS Field Trip - Winter Solstice Walk.
  • Q.pagoda acorn cluster (Pagoda Oak or Cherrybark Oak). Photo by Bob Yacovissi, 12/28/2011, Chapman Forest, Charles County, MD, during MNPS Field Trip - Winter Solstice Walk.
  • Q.pagoda fallen leaves (Pagoda Oak or Cherrybark Oak). Photo by Bob Yacovissi, 12/28/2011, Chapman Forest, Charles County, MD, during MNPS Field Trip - Winter Solstice Walk.
  • Quercus palustris, Pin Oak, showing its typical oval shape, with lower branches down-turning.
  • Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana)grove atop ridge in ultramafic “flatwoods” barrens. October 24, 2011 during NAI Beltway Chapter Travilah Serpentine Barrens field trip Photo by R.H. Simmons.
  • Blackjack Oak (Q. marilandica) rounded-lobed form of leaves on tree at high gravel terrace at Turkeycock Run Stream Valley Park in Annandale, Virginia. Photo by R.H. Simmons.
  • Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica), City Co-Champion, Greg Zell, Alonso Abugattas, Scott Graham. Photo by R. H. Simmons
  • Blackjack Oak, Q. marilandica, Pointed-lobed form of leaves on tree at Travilah Serpentine Barrens, Montgomery County, Maryland. Photo by R.H. Simmons.
  • Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata). Photo by Gary Pendleton
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