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| Coast range |
Lichen on dead oak |
Near San Miguel |
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| Near Highway 58 in
Kern County |
Interior
live oak acorns, fall 2000, Mariposa
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Valley
Oak at Roseville |
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| Valley
Oak in
Cathey's Valley |
Oaks
along Highway 41,
north of Fresno
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Valley Oak, Ben Hur Road,
Mariposa County
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| Valley Oak near Parkfield
CA |
Valley Oak in hay field
near Parkfield |
Black oak, Triangle Road,
Mariposa County
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New
growth on black oak tree,
Mariposa County, spring 2005 |
Oak
at Amador County Fairgrounds |
Oak
by Cholame Creek north of Parkfield, CA |
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Blue
oaks on the Parkfield-Coalinga Road
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Oak
on the ridge between
Mariposa & Stockton Creeks |
Grove
of young live oak in
Sequoia National Forest |
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| Giant
Canyon Live Oak on former family property, Carlton Road, Mariposa
County |
Oak
woodland near Hensley
Reservoir, Madera County |
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| Ancient oak
near Pt. Reyes visitor center |
Blue
oak surrounded by poison oak
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Oak
at sunset, Hensley Reservoir, Madera County |
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Valley
Oaks at Golden
Rule RV Park near Willits
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Dead oaks at Hensley Reservoir |
Branches
of huge blue oak |
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| Trail
blaze mark on blue oak |
Gnarly
blue oak near Millerton
Lake, Fresno County CA |
Burls
on blue oak, San Joaquin
Gorge, Fresno County CA |
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| Black
oak above Oakhurst CA |
Dead
blue oak near Hensley Lake, Madera County CA |
Hillside
blue oak above Millerton Lake, Fresno County |
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| Blue
oak at Hensley Lake |
Snow
on leafless oak tree |
Spring
foliage on oak at San Joaquin Gorge
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Huge
burl on blue oak at San Joaquin Gorge (and
check this out)
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A cow
poses by the big burl |
Roots
are exposed as this
oak clings to a rocky cliff |
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Large
canyon live oak by Lewis
Creek trail, Madera County CA |
Another
canyon live oak |
Blue
oaks by the San Joaquin River Trail |
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| Another blue oak
silhouette |
Blue
oak stands guard next to the trail |
Blue
oak at Hensley Lake
plays host to new plant life
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A collection
of oak apples
in the hollow of a blue oak |
A
closer view |
Oak apples on the
tree,
Clovis Old Town Trail
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| Sunset at
Hensley Lake,
February 5, 2013 |
Leaning oak
on Maxon
Road, Fresno County
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Sunlight through blue oak trees |
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| Black
Oak in early spring |
A
very young black oak |
An
ancient blue oak |
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Canyon
live oak by Sky Ranch
Road, Madera County CA |
Black oaks in Sequoia
National Park |
Black
oak leaves |
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Blue oaks
near Lake Millerton have turned to gold
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Triumph over the elements
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The "top" of this tree is
lower than the base
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Over
the years, this blue oak has
surrounded wire that was nailed to
it |
Dead blue oak makes
an arch over
the South Bay Trail at Lake Millerton |
Oaks
in a beautiful green drainage
near the start of the trail |
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| Dying
mistletoe in blue oak tree |
Close-up
of new blue
oak leaves and acorn
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The
setting sun turns this valley
oak in Parkfield golden
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Massive
oak stands guard
next to bridge north of Parkfield
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This
blue oak above Lake
Millerton has seen better days
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Valley
Oak in Roseville CA |
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A massive oak tree
in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
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This
blue oak at Hensley Lake suffered a bad break
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New leaves on blue oak
near Pine Flat Lake
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Blue
oak near Lake Millerton
is flanked by Phacelia
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Gambel's
Oak at the North
Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Blue
Oak along California Highway 168 |
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Five-trunk blue oak
at San Joaquin Gorge
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What's left of a once proud blue oak
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Another blue oak that's seen better days |
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Massive
black oak on the
Wawona Meadow Loop Trail |
Huge
valley oaks add interest
to the hay fields near Parkfield |
Huge
black oaks along the Boole Tree
Trail in Sequoia National Monument |
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| A big limb from a blue oak |
Where it fell from |
Golden leaves of a black oak |
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| Blue oak silhouette
at Hensley Reservoir |
A dramatic sky
above Hensley
accents this leafless
tree
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Setting sun turns this blue oak to gold |
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| A
fallen blue oak branch near Lake Millerton |
A blue oak with
twisted branches
at the San Joaquin Gorge |
Sunlit black oak
leaves in Nelder Grove |
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This
delightful blue oak stands
beside Trimmer Springs Road |
Leafless
blue oaks and sycamores
beside Hughes Creek
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Ancient
dead blue oak,
surrounded by living specimens |
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| Blue
oak and fence along
Millerton Road |
Blue
oak and pond by
Highway 168 |
Blue
oak with a mysterious hole |
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The
root of this live oak knew
which way to go for food and water |
Acorn
and gall on a live oak tree |
This
leafless blue oak gives the
impression of veins or tentacles |
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| Oak
trees in the mist |
The
shape of this blue oak near
Pine Flat caught my eye |
A
closer look |
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This blue oak displays an
unusual growth pattern
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A
hiker passes under a big valley
oak in Henry Coe State Park
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Colorful trunk of a
dead oak |
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| Every
year brings sights like this |
Sun shining
through new leaves on
an oak tree at Henry Coe State Park |
Blue
oak trunks contrast with the
brilliant green of spring grass |
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Blue
oak at San Joaquin Gorge
sports four slender trunks |
A delightful blue
oak, attired
in bright green for spring |
New leaves on a live oak |
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Called
the Bird, the Dinosaur or the Dragon,
this ancient blue oak snag
stands watch
over Highway 41 north of Fresno |
Live oak catkins
(blossoms) |
Black oak, red with
catkins |
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| The
bulge-bottom blue oak on the Finegold Trail |
A
thick grove of valley oaks |
Oaks
provide plenty of shade for this quiet trail |
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This venerable live
oak stands along the San Joaquin River Trail above Lake Millerton
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This
magnificent valley oak stands along Cholame Road just south of
Parkfield |
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| Close-up
of canyon live oak bark |
Although
it's not a true oak, we're allowing
this tan oak photo here for
simplicity sake |
A nice,
moderately gnarly blue
oak by the San Joaquin River Trail |
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| Two
leaf clusters, one smooth, one jagged, three feet
apart on the same
live oak |
Sunlight
on black oak leaves
near Wawona Meadow |
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Black
oak at County Road 620 and
Old Yosemite Road above Oakhurst |
Blue
oak trees in the San Gorge Joaquin Group Camp area |
And
the acorns they produced in 2017 |
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| Dead
oaks on the skyline at Hensley Lake |
Blue
oak at Hensley |
Black
oak tree above Oakhurst |
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Oak
at sunset, Hensley
Reservoir, Madera County |
Blue oaks at Hensley Lake were
a
brilliant gold in January 2018
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Leaves
from the valley oaks in the San
Joaquin River bottom carpet the
ground |
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Another burl on a blue oak, this
one by the
Bear Wallow Trail above the Kings River |
This one is along the Big Creek
Road north of Pine Flat Lake
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A
grove of blue oaks along
the Sycamore Fire Road |
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Everything is nice and green at
the
San Joaquin Gorge in February 2018 |
Massive oak tree by the Turtleback
Trail
near San Pablo Bay |
Black oak acorns
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Black oak grove off Highway 169
in the Sierra |
Big multi-trunk black oak |
A few leaves remain in late fall
2018
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Back-lit blue oak leaves on the
San Joaquin River Trail |
Most
burls appear low on the trunk,
but this one aimed higher |
Blue
oak woodland in the Striped Rock
Ranch Preserve, Mariposa County
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Oak tree arch |
Black
oak tree and leaves at camp
site
on Mt. Raymond Road |
Oak
Tree across the trail near
Sky Harbor on Millerton Lake |
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Some time between April
2019 and March 2020 the old blue oak with the huge burl along
the San Joaquin River Trail met its final fate (See
above for a view of the tree standing) |
Valley
Oak at Ahwahnee Hills Park |
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Newly opened black oak leaves
near North Fork, Madera County |
The trail at Ahwahnee Hills
Preserve
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Rugged
blue oak burl by Millerton Lake |
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Black oak by the South Fork
of the Merced River near Wawona |
In January, this blue oak still has
its leaves
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This tree has seen
better days |
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This tree appears to
have split
in half but remained standing |
Valley oaks in the Kaweah Oaks
Preserve, Tulare County CA
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Vines
decorate some of
the trees in the Preserve |
San Joaquin River
Conservancy north of
Fresno contains many large valley oaks
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The base of this valley oak has
spread out on top of the rock
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The
Wheeler Oak, 24 feet in
circumference; 8 feet in diameter
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Close
of up of Wheeler Oak's massive branches |
The
Wheeler Oak in its spring finery |
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| Gnarly
ancient burl on a valley oak at Hermit Hole |
Black oak trunks along Lewis Creek
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Black
oaks stand out against the green |
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Black oak along the Lewis Creek
Trail
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A mini-forest of oak trees,
growing in the sidewalk crack
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Valley
Oak at Ahwahnee Hills Park (Crandall) |
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Spring 2023 at Ahwahnee Hills
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Black oaks changing color on
the hill above Lewis Creek
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A
lone black oak leaf |
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Evergreens
and a magnificent
black oak by the Wawona Loop Trail |
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