Maryland Native Plant Society - Resources

Resources for Information about Oaks

Identification Guides

Field Guide to the Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (8.4 M pdf) From the the USDA Forest Service
Select pages from the Field Guide (2 M pdf)
Winter Key to Native Oaks of Maryland
Leaf Key to Native Oaks of Maryland.

General Information

City of Trees: The Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C. 2008. Choukas-Bradley, Melanie. ISBN: 9780813926889. Available at the local libraries
Register of Champion Trees, Montgomery County, Maryland 2011. Available as a pdf file from Montgomery County Forestry Board
Landscaping With Native Trees: The Northeast, Midwest, Midsouth & Southeast Edition (1996) Sternberg, Guy. ISBN 1881527662. Available at the local libraries

Oak Fact Sheets

Blackjack Oak, Q. marilandica

Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources has a great online resource for woody plants

Fact Sheets Search for Quercus
Dichotomous Key

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