Both weather and resources influence masting in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)

Plant Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 222 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-420
Author(s):  
S. J. Smith ◽  
B. C. McCarthy ◽  
T. F. Hutchinson ◽  
R. S. Snell
Keyword(s):  
Black Oak

Crop Tree Release of a Scarlet-Black Oak Stand

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Mitchell ◽  
John P. Dwyer ◽  
Ralph A. Musbach ◽  
Harold E. Garrett ◽  
Gene S. Cox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stand Age ◽  
Diameter Growth ◽  
Precommercial Thinning ◽  
Tree Thinning ◽  
Black Oak

Abstract In 1953 and 1954 a series of crop tree thinning and pruning studies were initiated in 30- to 35-year-old stands composed predominantly of scarlet oak and black oak. Growth of the crop trees was monitored until the average stand age was 61. Removal of all trees whose crowns were within 8 ft of the 50 crop trees resulted in significantly increased diameter growth and cubic volume of wood produced. The moderate and heavy 50-crop-tree thinning treatments produced the highest net cubic volume per acre. Crop tree thinning also tended to reduce mortality during the study period. Yield increases due to thinning in this study were comparable to those previously determined to economically justify a precommercial thinning of the scarlet and black oak type in Missouri. North. J. Appl. For. 5:96-99, June 1988.

scholarly journals Nut Selection by Captive Blue Jays: Importance of Availability and Implications for Seed Dispersal

The Condor ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Moore ◽  
Robert K. Swihart
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Red Oak ◽  
Quercus Alba ◽  
Northern Red Oak ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Large White ◽  
Shagbark Hickory ◽  
Black Oak ◽  
Blue Jays

Abstract We assessed dietary preference of 14 captive Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) for different food types under different conditions of availability. In four separate feeding trials, we provisioned jays with the following: Trial 1, two nuts each of white oak (Quercus alba), pin oak (Q. palustris), black oak (Q. velutina), northern red oak (Q. rubra), and shagbark hickory (Carya ovata); Trial 2, two small and two large red oak acorns; Trial 3, two germinating and two nongerminating white oak acorns; and Trial 4, one large red oak acorn, one large white oak acorn, and one shagbark hickory nut. We used discrete choice models to describe selection under conditions of changing choice sets. Blue Jays displayed a clear preference for pin oak and strong avoidance of red oak acorns when alternative foods were available. White oak and black oak acorns were selected intermediately. Shagbark hickory nuts were never used. Correlation coefficients suggested that preference was inversely related to seed size and the proportion of seed consisting of hard seed coat. In the absence of alternative food items, small red oak acorns were readily taken, whereas large red oak acorns were mostly avoided but still used by some birds. These results highlight the importance of considering food availability when making conclusions about preference, and lend support to the hypothesis that Blue Jays can be important dispersers of even less-preferred oak species. We discuss the potential as well as the limitations for Blue Jays to act as seed dispersers, with respect to postglacial range expansion of fagaceous tree species, and in the context of present-day dispersal in regions where forests are highly fragmented.

scholarly journals Chronicvs.Short-Term Acute O3Exposure Effects on Nocturnal Transpiration in Two Californian Oaks

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. Grulke ◽  
E. Paoletti ◽  
R. L. Heath
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Exchange System ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Blue Oak ◽  
Unexposed Control ◽  
Nocturnal Transpiration ◽  
Gas Exchange System ◽  
Black Oak ◽  
Oak Seedlings

We tested the effect of daytime chronic moderate ozone (O3) exposure, short-term acute exposure, and both chronic and acute O3exposure combined on nocturnal transpiration in California black oak and blue oak seedlings. Chronic O3exposure (70 ppb for 8 h/day) was implemented in open-top chambers for either 1 month (California black oak) or 2 months (blue oak). Acute O3exposure (~1 h in duration during the day, 120–220 ppb) was implemented in a novel gas exchange system that supplied and maintained known O3concentrations to a leaf cuvette. When exposed to chronic daytime O3exposure, both oaks exhibited increased nocturnal transpiration (without concurrent O3exposure) relative to unexposed control leaves (1.8× and 1.6×, black and blue oak, respectively). Short-term acute and chronic O3exposure did not further increase nocturnal transpiration in either species. In blue oak previously unexposed to O3, short-term acute O3exposure significantly enhanced nocturnal transpiration (2.0×) relative to leaves unexposed to O3. California black oak was unresponsive to (only) short-term acute O3exposure. Daytime chronic and/or acute O3exposures can increase foliar water loss at night in deciduous oak seedlings.

scholarly journals First Report of Xylella fastidiosa Associated with Leaf Scorch in Black Oak in Washington, D.C.

Plant Disease ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Xylella Fastidiosa ◽  
The United States ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Bacterial Suspension ◽  
White Oak ◽  
First Report ◽  
Leaf Petiole ◽  
Leaf Scorch ◽  
Pcr Product ◽  
Black Oak

Bacterial leaf scorch caused by Xylella fastidiosa has been reported in 17 species of oak including bur, pin, red, scarlet, shingle, and white oaks (3). In September 2002, a leaf scorch symptom characterized by marginal necrosis of leaves bordered by a darker brown band was observed in a mature black oak (Quercus velutina Lam.) at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. The leaf petiole of the black oak was processed in general extraction buffer (Agdia, Inc., Elkhart, IN) contained in a FastDNA lysing matrix tube using the FastPrep FP120 instrument (Qbiogene, Inc., Carlsbad, CA) (1). The leaf petiole extract reacted with an antiserum specific for X. fastidiosa (Agadia, Inc.) in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A slow-growing bacterium was cultured from leaf petioles of the affected black oak tree by soaking the surface-sterilized, finely cut leaf petioles in sterile water for 30 min, followed by spreading the bacterial suspension on periwinkle wilt plates (1). When the cultured bacterium was subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers specific for X. fastidiosa (2), a 472-bp PCR product was detected. The PCR product was confirmed to be the predicted X. fastidiosa product by sequencing and sequence comparison with the reported genomic sequence of X. fastidiosa. ELISA and bacterial isolation from leaf petioles of a nearby symptomless white oak (Q. alba L.) tree were negative. To our knowledge, this is the first report of X. fastidiosa associated with leaf scorch in black oak in the United States, expanding the host range of the bacterium in economically important landscape tree species. References: (1) Q. Huang and J. L. Sherald. Curr. Microbiol. 48:73, 2004. (2) M. R. Pooler and J. S. Hartung. Curr. Microbiol. 31:377, 1995. (3) J. L. Sherald. Xylella fastidiosa, A bacterial pathogen of landscape trees. Page 191 in: Shade Tree Wilt Diseases, C. L. Ash, ed. The American Phytopathological Society, 2001.

Phytophthora ramorum. [Distribution map].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Phytophthora Ramorum ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Quercus Agrifolia ◽  
Quercus Kelloggii ◽  
Live Oak ◽  
Lithocarpus Densiflorus ◽  
Black Oak ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phytophthora ramorum Werres, de Cock & Man in't Veld. Oomycota: Pythiales. Hosts include California black oak (Quercus kelloggii), California live oak (Quercus agrifolia), Rhododendron, shreve oak (Quercus parvula var. shrevei), tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) and Viburnum. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK) and North America (Canada (British Columbia), USA (California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington)).

scholarly journals Control of Black Oak and Tanoak in the Sierra Cascade Range

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. DiTomaso ◽  
Guy B. Kyser ◽  
Edward A. Fredrickson
Keyword(s):  
Late Summer ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Cascade Range ◽  
Oak Trees ◽  
Lithocarpus Densiflorus ◽  
Stem Injection ◽  
Versatile Tool ◽  
Excellent Control ◽  
Black Oak

Abstract Broadcast, directed, and stem injection herbicide techniques were applied to 3- to 8-year-old black oak (Quercus kelloggii) and 3-year-old tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) clumps (directed applications only). Broadcast applications of imazapyr at all rates to black oak and directed applications of imazapyr to tanoak performed better with the addition of an adjuvant compared to treatments without the adjuvant. However, even with an adjuvant, broadcast treatments of imazapyr at or below 560 g acid equivalent (ae/ha) only suppressed black oak growth and did not provide long-term control. Directed applications of imazapyr gave excellent control of both black oak (0.43–2.17% ae plus Sylgard) and tanoak (0.14–1.13% ae plus Hasten) clumps. Imazapyr was more effective than basal bark treatments with triclopyr (8.9% ae), and tank-mixing imazapyr with glyphosate did not improve the level of control. Stem injection treatment of black oak trees or clumps with imazapyr was very effective with nearly all rates and hack intervals, but late summer or fall applications gave greater suppression of basal re-sprouts compared to spring and early summer treatments. These results demonstrate that imazapyr is a very effective and versatile tool for the control of black oak and tanoak clumps and black oak trees. West. J. Appl. For. 19(4):268–276.

scholarly journals Resilience of California Black Oak Experiencing Frequent Fire: Regeneration Following Two Large Wildfires 12 Years Apart

Fire Ecology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan J. Hammett ◽  
Martin W. Ritchie ◽  
John-Pascal Berrill
Keyword(s):  
Black Oak
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