The post oak tree is the most well adapted tree to the weather patterns and soils of the Cross Timbers District. It has been written by the early explorers of this region that the plants that were here when the explorers passed through were post oaks trees and prairie grass. Read More
Known as the Royal Oak the post oak is truly the native and predominate tree of the Southern Cross Timbers, Arlington, Texas and the Dallas Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. Read More
The post oak tree and the black jack oak tree have a diffuse tree limb canopy. The post oak tree more so than the black jack oak. The root systems of these trees are diffuse as well. The post oak again leads in this characteristic. Read More
Video: Dr. Carl Whitcomb, inventor of RootMaker Pots and Propagation Trays to accelerate tree growth. This method of germination results in successful growth and transplantation of Post Oak Tree Seedlings! Watch Video
TED TALK Video with Allan Savory who works to promote holistic management in the grasslands of the world. His heartfelt mistake is our history lesson. Livestock and infrequent mowing mimics nature to manage savanna and woodland floors. Watch Video
Periodic mowing in urban post oak woodlands and savannas is required to ensure that a safety buffer zone is maintained at the perimeter of the nature area. There are a variety of vegetation management techniques that can be used to maintain the MUZ (mowing underbrushing zone). Read More
Dr. Carl Whitcomb's paper on Total Nutrition for Trees yielding successful results using Micromax micronutrients, granular elemental sulfur (92%) and Osmocote 24-4-10 in drilled holes within the root system of trees. Read More
Specific guideline recommendations for the propagation of Post Oak Trees from acorns to planting the seedlings on the lawn or in a nature preserve. Read More
Guide to the dangers and destruction of Chinese and Japanese Privet on the Post Oak Woodlands of the Southern Cross Timbers. Privet is a thicket. Read More
The native Post Oak Tree in the Southern Cross Timbers has adapted phenomenally well in a hot, dry climate moving across the plains with, in many cases, poor soil conditions. This achievement of a tree amending the soils along the way and living in harmony with the ecosystem is rare indeed. Read More
The Arlington Conservation Council, the Arlington, Texas Parks and Recreation Department and www.The PostOaks.Org have a knowledge base and interested local volunteers to more utilize the Post Oak Tree in urban plantings along with native shrubs and native flowers Read More
The Annual Volunteer UTA Big Event and the Randol Mill Park Nature Preserve Oak Savanna Restoration Day Quarterly Events have for years been a success in restoring areas of the Randol Mill Park Nature Area to its pre-settlement condition. UTA student volunteers, faculty volunteers and area volunteers continue to show interest in these efforts along with proposed natural structure projects. Read More
"A land ethic … reflects the existence of an ecological science, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land. Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal. Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this capacity." Aldo Leopold Read More
The definition of a nature area or preserve is that it must have the ability to reproduce itself with trees and plants that are indigenous to the region. Nature areas typically do not have added irrigation and survive on rain water. Read More
There are two major factors to consider in determining the likelihood of tree limb breakage in our current tree repertory and arrangement in the Southern Cross Timbers during severe weather. Read More
