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The Global Conservation Consortium for Oak published a protocol for the propagation of Quercus insignis.
A team from Holden Forests & Gardens traveled south to collect bluff oak acorns.
A new study has analyzed the germination characteristics of Quercus marlipoensis.
A recent study explores the evolutionary and biogeographical history of section Cerris.
A new species of oak gall wasp has been named in honor of Allen Coombes.
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...
Dr. Ngoc Nguyen leads conservation projects for oaks in Vietnam.
As acorns were falling off the trees throughout the Northern Hemisphere, IOS members gathered virtually for Webinar #2.
Air layering is being used to propagate a rare oak.
Dr. Jean Stephan reviews the taxonomic status of kermes oak.
A harrowing tale of a lynching and the withering of an oak bough
Five days of oaking in the Lone Star State.

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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)
A new documentary by Maricela Rodríguez Acosta
Website Editor | Feb 17, 2026
Quercus miyagii acorn and dried leaves
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
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
Antonio Lambe shares his views on this threatened oak native to Iberia and North Africa

All Articles

The Global Conservation Consortium for Oak published a protocol for the propagation of Quercus insignis.
A team from Holden Forests & Gardens traveled south to collect bluff oak acorns.
A new study has analyzed the germination characteristics of Quercus marlipoensis.
A recent study explores the evolutionary and biogeographical history of section Cerris.
A new species of oak gall wasp has been named in honor of Allen Coombes.
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...
Dr. Ngoc Nguyen leads conservation projects for oaks in Vietnam.
As acorns were falling off the trees throughout the Northern Hemisphere, IOS members gathered virtually for Webinar #2.
Air layering is being used to propagate a rare oak.
Dr. Jean Stephan reviews the taxonomic status of kermes oak.
A harrowing tale of a lynching and the withering of an oak bough
Five days of oaking in the Lone Star State.

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