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Group photo at The Savill Garden
Three-day event included visits to two parks in Berkshire...
Roderick Cameron | Aug 18, 2024
Rebekah Mohn presenting at IBC 2024
Several abstracts included research involving Quercus.
Website Editor | Aug 13, 2024
Participants at the Oak Study Day in Arboretum des Pouyouleix
This five-day event included visits to four oak collections...
Website Editor | Aug 12, 2024

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Quercus dumosa acorn
Animals, plants, and fungi depend on this humble tree, but its future—and theirs—is all but certain.

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An update on the Oak Conservation and Research Fund appeal.
Continuing our series of posts of poems that feature oaks: a haiku by the legendary Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694).
An eloquent symbol features a stylized oak tree
Hayrettin Karaca, an IOS member and one of Turkey's best-known environmentalists, died January 20 at the age of 97.
The Global Conservation Consortium for Oak published a protocol for the propagation of Quercus insignis.
A team from Holden Forests & Gardens traveled south to collect bluff oak acorns.
A new study has analyzed the germination characteristics of Quercus marlipoensis.
A recent study explores the evolutionary and biogeographical history of section Cerris.
A new species of oak gall wasp has been named in honor of Allen Coombes.
Continuing our series of posts of poems that feature oaks: the lyrics of a country song that likens faithful friends to a stand of oak...
Dr. Ngoc Nguyen leads conservation projects for oaks in Vietnam.
As acorns were falling off the trees throughout the Northern Hemisphere, IOS members gathered virtually for Webinar #2.

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