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Copenhagen Hills Preserve is an ecological gem.  With its unique calcium-rich soils, it hosts a plethora of plant communities, ranging from...
The New Mexico Oak Open Days were a six-day whirlwind tour of the state covering more than 1,400 miles. Led by IOS founding member Michael...
The Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla has published the Flora del Estado de Puebla, México.
If I wanted to make stronger, more meaningful images, I should pick something that I love and photograph it again and again: “Follow what...
Found in the late 1980s by Guy Sternberg in Springfield, Illinois, this selection was noted early on for its rapid growth rate and strong...
This cultivar was selected by Raimond Cinovskis, from the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences, Salapils, Latvia and was introduced...
Named in honor of one of America’s first botanists, John Bartram, Quercus ×heterophylla is known by many as Bartram’s oak.
A reliable asexual propagation method for oaks is crucial for introducing superior hybrid oak selections into the nursery trade as named...
Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy was an Austrian botanist and eminent plant explorer. He died 150 years ago in Vienna on June 11, 1866.
The first IOS Oak Open Day event south of the Equator took place April 22-24, 2016, in Argentina.
Quercus ilicifolia is a little oak with a big name: bear oak. 
A review of the assemblage of the oaks known as the "vallonea oaks" or "aegilops oaks" from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Quercus coccifera, 97 cm dbh and 15 m canopy spread
Images and insights from Ezra Barnea’s journey to Cyprus’s...
Ezra Barnea | Jun 13, 2026
Lainey Kirshberger and Ryan Silver, students at Oklahoma State University, participated in the fieldwork and will lead the genetic and epigenetic analysis under the supervision of Dr. Antonio R. Castilla.
Endangered oak Quercus hinckleyi shows strong genetic...
Website Editor | Jun 09, 2026
The current Red List status and modelled outlook for the eight Californian oak species, plus tanoak
New paper should significantly change our approach to...
Steve Potter | Jun 09, 2026

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Quercus orocantabrica
Roderick Cameron and Carlos Vila-Viçosa give an account of this intriguing species from northwestern Iberia with a complex taxonomic and...

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Copenhagen Hills Preserve is an ecological gem.  With its unique calcium-rich soils, it hosts a plethora of plant communities, ranging from...
The New Mexico Oak Open Days were a six-day whirlwind tour of the state covering more than 1,400 miles. Led by IOS founding member Michael...
The Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla has published the Flora del Estado de Puebla, México.
If I wanted to make stronger, more meaningful images, I should pick something that I love and photograph it again and again: “Follow what...
Found in the late 1980s by Guy Sternberg in Springfield, Illinois, this selection was noted early on for its rapid growth rate and strong...
This cultivar was selected by Raimond Cinovskis, from the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences, Salapils, Latvia and was introduced...
Named in honor of one of America’s first botanists, John Bartram, Quercus ×heterophylla is known by many as Bartram’s oak.
A reliable asexual propagation method for oaks is crucial for introducing superior hybrid oak selections into the nursery trade as named...
Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy was an Austrian botanist and eminent plant explorer. He died 150 years ago in Vienna on June 11, 1866.
The first IOS Oak Open Day event south of the Equator took place April 22-24, 2016, in Argentina.
Quercus ilicifolia is a little oak with a big name: bear oak. 
A review of the assemblage of the oaks known as the "vallonea oaks" or "aegilops oaks" from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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