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Carlos collecting Quercus ×alentejana (Q. faginea × Q. pyrenaica) in northeastern Portugal for his PhD thesis © Carlos Vila-Viçosa
The Long and Hilly Journey of Oak Conservation: Carlos Vila-Viçosa
An interview with Portuguese oak conservationist Dr. Carlos...
Amy Byrne | Apr 19, 2024
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The Uprooted Oak Emblem of UN's World Refugee Year
Roderick Cameron | Apr 13, 2024
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A New Book on Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum
It was a great pleasure for me to be able to write about my...
Gert Fortgens | Feb 15, 2024

Plant Focus

Quercus crassipes acorns with inrolled cupule margin
Species Spotlight: Quercus crassipes Bonpl.
One of the more well-known Mexican oaks in cultivation.
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Dendrology

Vegetative Propagation of Oaks in Iturraran

By Website Editor | March 8, 2015
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Seeking alternatives for adding rare oaks to collections.

Valonia Oak Restoration Project, Castlemaine, Victoria

By Roderick Cameron | December 3, 2014
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A restoration project that will be of interest to IOS members is taking place in the Australian state of Victoria. A plantation of valonia oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis) at Castlemaine, Victoria, dating to the late 19th century, has suffered deterioration due to a decade of drought, and only three of the original 14 trees are still alive. Acorns are being collected from the surviving trees with a view to producing new trees to replant and restore the historic stand.

Mating in Single Oaks

By Michael Avishai | August 22, 2014
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Michael Avishai discusses observations regarding mating in isolated species in Israel. Originally published in Oak News & Notes Vol. 18, No. 1

Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona

By Website Editor | March 31, 2014
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Oak Creek Canyon is an extensive drainage basin on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in North Central Arizona. It is home to many different species of deciduous and evergreen oaks.

By Darin Jenke and Stephanie Bittner 

7th International Oak Society Conference - Bordeaux, France - Sep. 29 to Oct. 2, 2012

By Béatrice Chassé | October 27, 2012
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In collaboration with INRA and the University of Bordeaux, the 7th International Oak Society Conference, attended by 90 participants from 17 countries, included 21 presentations, two field trips (INRA, Pierroton and the Tonnellerie Nadalié) and a gala dinner in the magnificent Château Carbonnieux.

A New Oklahoma Station for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba

By Allan Taylor | December 14, 2010

A previously unreported station for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba has recently been identified in southwestern Custer County, Oklahoma. 

Oak root grafting and disease transmission across taxonomic section boundaries

By Guy Sternberg | December 6, 2009

In 2008 one red oak hybrid (Quercus rubra × ellipsoidalis) was diagnosed with oak wilt disease (Ceratocystis fagacearum) at Starhill Forest Arboretum in Illinois. 

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