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Sudden Oak Death

Sudden Oak Death is caused by a fungus-like pathogen named Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death has killed tens of thousands of coast live oak, black oak, tanoak and Shreve oak in northern California since its appearance in 1995. It can also infect leaves and branches of rhododendron, buckeye, madrone, manzanita, bigleaf maple, bay laurel, and evergreen huckleberry.

More information on Sudden Oak Death can be found at:

• Livermore Area Recreation Park District Resource Management Plan on Sudden Oak Death
• California Oak Mortality Task Force
• UC Berkeley - Monitoring Sudden Oak Death
• UC Berkeley - Utilization of Sudden Oak Death Diseased Wood - Homeowners FAQs
• UC Agriculture and Natural Resources - Online Media Kit
• Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium
• California State Parks - Sudden Oak Death Presence

Weeds

• California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)
• Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands
• Practical Guidebook to the Control of Invasive Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Region
• The Nature Conservancy - Wildland Invasive Species Team
• UC Cooperative Extension Weed Research and Information Center
• California Statewide Integrative Pest Management Program
• State of California Encycloweedia
• Invasivespecies.gov - A Gateway to Federal and State Invasive Species Activities and Programs
• Arundo donax Educational Materials