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An account of 50 of the 64 protected oaks in Serbia
Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life will be published in December
This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry was proposed by Hugo Ribeiro, IOS member from Portugal.
Three-day event included visits to two parks in Berkshire and two gardens in West Sussex
Two proposals to conserve names of oaks were ratified at the International Botanical Congress held in Madrid in July
Several abstracts included research involving Quercus.
This five-day event included visits to four oak collections in southwestern France and one across the border in Spain. 
Animals, plants, and fungi depend on this humble tree, but its future—and theirs—is all but certain.
Together with her husband Mark, Jolly helped establish and maintain the Oak Conservation and Research Fund, created by the IOS in 2019.
Oaks found close to the 70th parallel north
A new entry in our series on Oak Poetry, this poem by Antonio Machado describes the holm oaks of
A Red Oak (Section Lobatae) endemic to inland ranges of northern Baja California, Mexico

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An account of 50 of the 64 protected oaks in Serbia
Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life will be published in December
This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry was proposed by Hugo Ribeiro, IOS member from Portugal.
Three-day event included visits to two parks in Berkshire and two gardens in West Sussex
Two proposals to conserve names of oaks were ratified at the International Botanical Congress held in Madrid in July
Several abstracts included research involving Quercus.
This five-day event included visits to four oak collections in southwestern France and one across the border in Spain. 
Animals, plants, and fungi depend on this humble tree, but its future—and theirs—is all but certain.
Together with her husband Mark, Jolly helped establish and maintain the Oak Conservation and Research Fund, created by the IOS in 2019.
Oaks found close to the 70th parallel north
A new entry in our series on Oak Poetry, this poem by Antonio Machado describes the holm oaks of
A Red Oak (Section Lobatae) endemic to inland ranges of northern Baja California, Mexico

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Supporting Institutional Members

 

Standard Institutional Members

Rice University
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South Carolina Botanical Garden

 

The Huntington
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