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“Gestutzte Eiche” by Hermann Hesse

By Website Editor | December 18, 2025
Herman Hesse
A heavily pruned oak as an image of endurance, renewal, and the stubborn will to keep growing despite hardship

"The Oak" by Alfred Tennyson

By Website Editor | October 29, 2025
A human life and an oak through the seasons

Extract from "Oak" by Katharine Towers

By Website Editor | December 20, 2024
Oak by Katharine Towers

An extract from Oak, a book by British poet Katharine Towers

"Mighty Oak Trees" by Hank Williams Jr.

By Website Editor | December 21, 2023
hank_williams_jr_0.jpg

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 trees.

If you would like to propose a poem for inclusion in this series, please click here.

 

"The Haunted Oak" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

By Website Editor | October 23, 2023
Paul Laurence Dunbar

A harrowing tale of a lynching and the withering of an oak bough

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Editor's Picks

Past IOS President Allen Coombes, Curator of Scientific Collections at Puebla University Botanic Garden, discusses leaf variability in Quercus ceirpes (still image from the documentary)
"Oaks: the Backbone of Mexico" – New Documentary Film
A new documentary by Maricela Rodríguez Acosta
Website Editor | Feb 17, 2026
Quercus miyagii acorn and dried leaves
In Search of Quercus miyagii: A Field Report from Okinawa
A rare oak endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan
Elion Jam | Feb 16, 2026
A moss-covered oak (Quercus orocantabrica) in Mata de Albergaria, Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal © Amit Zoran
Amit Zohran's "Oakollective"
Steve Potter reviews a new book that features oaks
Steve Potter | Feb 11, 2026

Plant Focus

Quercus canariensis in Cornwall Park, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand, the champion specimen in New Zealand, planted in the 1920s, 27.2 m tall with a trunk diameter of 209 cm (G. Collett pers. comm. 2026) © Gerald Collett
Species Spotlight: Quercus canariensis Willd.
Antonio Lambe shares his views on this threatened oak native to Iberia and North Africa
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Oak Poetry

“Gestutzte Eiche” by Hermann Hesse

By Website Editor | December 18, 2025
Herman Hesse
A heavily pruned oak as an image of endurance, renewal, and the stubborn will to keep growing despite hardship

"The Oak" by Alfred Tennyson

By Website Editor | October 29, 2025
A human life and an oak through the seasons

Extract from "Oak" by Katharine Towers

By Website Editor | December 20, 2024
Oak by Katharine Towers

An extract from Oak, a book by British poet Katharine Towers

"Mighty Oak Trees" by Hank Williams Jr.

By Website Editor | December 21, 2023
hank_williams_jr_0.jpg

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 trees.

If you would like to propose a poem for inclusion in this series, please click here.

 

"The Haunted Oak" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

By Website Editor | October 23, 2023
Paul Laurence Dunbar

A harrowing tale of a lynching and the withering of an oak bough

Pages

The International Oak Society acknowledges the generous support of the following institutions:

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Houston Botanic Garden logo
Rice University
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance logo
South Carolina Botanical Garden

 

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