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Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy was an Austrian botanist and...
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Sep 22, 2017
North American oaks have a northern temperate origin and...
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Oct 12, 2017
Plant Focus
Quercus acutissima Carruth. is a species whose natural distribution covers a vast territory in East and Southeast Asia, from central Nepal...
Latest Articles
Doug McCreary,ong-time member of the IOS, died earlier this year.
Rainer Lippert has always been interested in old trees. At the age of 16 he started to visit the largest trees in his home district in Germany, drawn in particular to the majestic grandeur of ancient...
It sounds like something out of science fiction, but David Cranwell has managed to create a reality where an acorn planted in New Zealand grows into 50 oaks in the Indian Himalayas.
Latest Blog Posts
On a recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia I was able to collect acorns from several Quercus humboldtii growing as street trees.
Quercus suber is a Mediterranean oak, but some years ago I learned it had a curious history in North America.
After moving it a month ago, we now have re-looked our website, making it fully responsive.
We moved our website to A2 Hosting's data center in Michigan on Friday. The migration went very well. Unfortunately a technical incident, issues with A2's DNS Services, prevented us to go live.
I have recently been asked to write or update the oak entries for Trees and Shrubs Online. This is a project to create a truly modern reference to temperate trees and shrubs. Currently there are...
Upcoming Events
Oct 21, 2018 to Oct 24, 2018
The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden will host the next International Oak Society Conference on the University of California, Davis campus from October 21 to 24, 2018. Registration closed on...
Oct 25, 2018 to Oct 29, 2018
Two sequential Post-Conference Tours to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast region are being offered to allow for a range of schedules and budgets. Join us for an exploration of urban...
Nov 01, 2018 to Nov 12, 2018
Two weeks exploring pine-oak forests and botanic gardens around Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Monterrey. Pre tour to see archeological site. Post tour to see 12,000-ft elevation oak forest at...
