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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

Plant Focus

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

Mexican oaks

Species Spotlight: Quercus crassipes Bonpl.

Quercus crassipes acorns with inrolled cupule margin

One of the more well-known Mexican oaks in cultivation.

Gene Flow and a Mexican Metacollection in IOS Webinar #2

Slide from Dr. Hipp's presentation

As acorns were falling off the trees throughout the Northern Hemisphere, IOS members gathered virtually for Webinar #2.

Jim Conrad's Oak Notes

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The IOS recently received an inquiry from Jim Conrad about a strange phenomenon he observed on a twig of a Quercus ×dysophylla in the Eastern Sierra Madre in Mexico, where what appeared to be multiple styles emerged from a bud. It turns out they may be fungal reproductive bodies.

Mexican Oaks at Armstrong Arboretum

Quercus rysophylla

Notable oaks from south of the border.

John Fairey (1930–2020)

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Remembering John Fairey, legendary plantsman and founder of the amazing Peckerwood Garden, who sadly passed away March 17, 2020.

Exciting news for quercophiles: a new book about Mexican oaks will be published in June. It will be in Spanish, but extensively illustrated. It is available for pre-order with an attractive discount on cover price. Below is an image of the sales brochure, with a translation of the text.