Quercus

Editor's Picks

UK Oak Open Days: June 15–17, 2024

Three-day event included visits to two parks in Berkshire...

Roderick Cameron | Aug 18, 2024

Several abstracts included research involving Quercus.

Website Editor | Aug 13, 2024

Participants at the Oak Study Day in Arboretum des Pouyouleix

French Oak Open Days: 8–12 June, 2024

This five-day event included visits to four oak collections...

Website Editor | Aug 12, 2024

Plant Focus

Species Spotlight: Quercus dumosa Nutt.

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

Andrew Hipp in Joey Santore's Podcast

By Website Editor | August 23, 2024

Andrew Hipp talked to the legendary Joey Santore (the naturalist and communicator behind the “Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t” YouTube channel and Instagram account) about genus Quercus. Joey is extremely knowledgeable, but he admits he had his mind blown by the things he learned during the interview. You probably will too.

Oak-related Presentations and Posters at IBC 2024 in Madrid

By Website Editor | August 13, 2024

Several abstracts included research involving Quercus.

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Gene Flow in the Oak Syngameon and Its Impact on Conservation

By Andrew Hipp | August 13, 2024

A new article investigates patterns of geographic overlap—sympatry—in North American oak species.

Action Oak Continues to Protect British Native Oaks

By Annabel Narayanan | June 26, 2024

Action Oak is a unique collaboration of charities, governments, landowners, and research institutions dedicated to protecting native UK oaks.

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A New Book on Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum

By Gert Fortgens | February 15, 2024

It was a great pleasure for me to be able to write about my 31 years of involvement with Arboretum Trompenburg in Rotterdam. Dick van Hoey Smith, who founded the Arboretum, had published two books¹ about the place he inherited and where he put a lot of effort into expanding the collection. Now it was up to me to write up the continuing development of what became Arboretum Trompenburg in 1958 and had a name change in 2008 to Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum (Trompenburg Gardens & Arboretum).