In this month's installment of Field Notes Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses Wisconsin’s oaks and how they are used in our daily lives. Oak trees are the most abundant trees in Wisconsin next to our maples. Oaks fall into the genus, Quercus, and are members of the Beech Family, Fagaceae. Oak is found across the United States and across the world in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa – absent only in Australia and Antarctica. There are more than 600 different species of oak.