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Plant Focus

A small but mature Alabama sandstone oak producing acorns © Patrick Thompson
A Critically Endangered dwarf oak 

Plant Focus

Figure 2: Lobed leaves of Boissier oak covered with honeydew, Baskinta, Lebanon

Boissier oak was originally named Quercus boissieri Reut. and later Quercus boissieri var. latifolia (Boiss.) Zohary, but the current accepted name is Q. infectoria subsp. veneris (A. Kern.) Meikle

Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×comptoniae Sarg.

The Compton oak at Colonial Williamsburg

A natural hybrid between Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) and Q. virginiana (Southern live oak)

Quercus texana New Madrid acorn

Disentangling the cultivar published as Quercus texana ‘New Madrid’

Species Spotlight: Quercus skinneri Benth.

Quercus skinneri

Quercus skinneri is a Central American oak, distinguished by the large size of its fruit.

Species Spotlight: Quercus lyrata Walter

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A guest post by Matt Candeias, host of the In Defense of Plants podcast and blog

Cultivar Close-Up: Bokrijk Cultivars

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Six oak cultivars originally described by Jef Van Meulder in 2014.

Species Spotlight: Quercus stenophylloides Hayata

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Quercus stenophylloides is a medium-sized evergreen oak (15–18 m tall) restricted to central and northern Taiwan.

Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×vilmoriniana A.Camus

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An intercontinental artificial hybrid raised at Arboretum national des Barres.

Species Spotlight: Quercus hypophaea Hayata

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First described by the Japanese botanist Bunzō Hayata in 1913, Quercus hypophaea is a medium to large evergreen oak restricted to the southeastern part of Taiwan.

Species Spotlight: Quercus tarokoensis Hayata

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Quercus tarokoensis (local name 太鲁阁栎 tai lu ge li, "oak of Taroko") is a fairly unknown oak species, restricted to eastern Taiwan.

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