What types of trees can get oak wilt?
Oak wilt affects live oaks and members of the red oak family including: Spanish Oak, Shumard Oak, Water Oak, Blackjack Oak, Pin Oak, and others. However, trees in the white oak group such as Bur Oaks, Chinkapin (Chinquapin) Oaks, and Post Oaks are somewhat resistant to oak wilt The two trees hit hardest by oak wilt in the Hill Country are Live Oaks and Spanish Oaks (red oak) or also known as the Texas Red Oak. How does oak wilt spread? Oak wilt spreads in two ways: • Underground — It is very common for oak trees to establish a system of interconnected roots. These connected roots allow the oak wilt fungus to move from tree-to-tree, often leading to patches of infected and dead trees. In fact, once one oak becomes infected, the disease can radiate outward, spreading to any oaks that share a common root system. This pattern of disease movement can be compared to the ripples of water that appear after dropping a rock in a pond. On average, oak wilt will move at a rate of 75 to 100 feet p
