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Carlos collecting Quercus ×alentejana (Q. faginea × Q. pyrenaica) in northeastern Portugal for his PhD thesis © Carlos Vila-Viçosa
The Long and Hilly Journey of Oak Conservation: Carlos Vila-Viçosa
An interview with Portuguese oak conservationist Dr. Carlos...
Amy Byrne | Apr 19, 2024
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The Uprooted Oak Emblem of UN's World Refugee Year
Roderick Cameron | Apr 13, 2024
Pages from Gert's book
A New Book on Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum
It was a great pleasure for me to be able to write about my...
Gert Fortgens | Feb 15, 2024

Plant Focus

Quercus crassipes acorns with inrolled cupule margin
Species Spotlight: Quercus crassipes Bonpl.
One of the more well-known Mexican oaks in cultivation.
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Oak Nomenclature

Kellogg's Oak Names

By Roderick Cameron | June 20, 2023
Dr. Albert Kellogg aged 72

Albert Kellogg proposed six names for oaks, though only once is currently accepted.

Confusion on a Himalayan Scale: Naming Quercus leucotrichophora

By Website Editor | June 20, 2023
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Different names are being used for one species.

Proposal to Conserve Quercus pacifica Nixon and C.H. Mull. Published

By Alan Whittemore | June 20, 2023
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The latest issue of the journal TAXON includes a proposal to conserve the name Quercus pacifica Nixon & C.H. Mull., which is the recognized name for a shrubby oak endemic to three islands off the coast of southern California.