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Filmmakers have not shown oaks in their portrayals of Birnam Wood.
maples_in_macbeth.jpg
Posted Fri, 2022-04-15 13:24 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Spanish has many words related to acorns.
Quercus suber acorn
Posted Wed, 2021-12-01 22:02 in Roderick Cameron's blog
The authority cited for this taxon needs revision.
Quercus lobbii label
Posted Tue, 2021-10-12 18:41 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Mat Disney and his team study oaks using a terrestrial laser scanner
Queen Elizabeth Oak at Cowdray Park
Posted Sat, 2021-06-12 13:53 in Roderick Cameron's blog
"Ecocide" or eco-friendly?
Notre-Dame-de-Paris
Posted Sat, 2021-04-10 11:03 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Sabima, a Norwegian NGO, got in touch to let us know about their Hollow Oak Advent Calendar.
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Posted Wed, 2020-11-25 20:36 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Oaks have been featured in several operas. Here is a list of what we found.
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Posted Fri, 2020-10-09 15:27 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Feedback on the Hybrid Highlight on Quercus ×vilmoriniana
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Posted Tue, 2020-06-16 15:24 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Two papers report on research that use oak tree-rings to understand aspects of Ancient Rome.
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Posted Sun, 2019-12-15 18:52 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A stopover in Belize allowed me a day of driving through a natural reserve where I was able to spot about half of the 11 oaks reported to grow in Belize.
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Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 13:48 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A volunteer seedling in Massey University campus in New Zealand turns out to be a rare Mexican oak.
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Posted Sat, 2019-06-15 17:00 in Roderick Cameron's blog
An exchange of emails in April this year discussed the origin of the champion specimen of Quercus look in the US.
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Posted Wed, 2019-06-12 17:37 in Roderick Cameron's blog

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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

Roderick Cameron's blog

Filmmakers have not shown oaks in their portrayals of Birnam Wood.
maples_in_macbeth.jpg
Posted Fri, 2022-04-15 13:24 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Spanish has many words related to acorns.
Quercus suber acorn
Posted Wed, 2021-12-01 22:02 in Roderick Cameron's blog
The authority cited for this taxon needs revision.
Quercus lobbii label
Posted Tue, 2021-10-12 18:41 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Mat Disney and his team study oaks using a terrestrial laser scanner
Queen Elizabeth Oak at Cowdray Park
Posted Sat, 2021-06-12 13:53 in Roderick Cameron's blog
"Ecocide" or eco-friendly?
Notre-Dame-de-Paris
Posted Sat, 2021-04-10 11:03 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Sabima, a Norwegian NGO, got in touch to let us know about their Hollow Oak Advent Calendar.
calendar_and_leaflet.jpg
Posted Wed, 2020-11-25 20:36 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Oaks have been featured in several operas. Here is a list of what we found.
p816466406-5.jpg
Posted Fri, 2020-10-09 15:27 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Feedback on the Hybrid Highlight on Quercus ×vilmoriniana
quercus_x_vilmoriniana_maurice_de_vilmorinmet_eikels.jpg
Posted Tue, 2020-06-16 15:24 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Two papers report on research that use oak tree-rings to understand aspects of Ancient Rome.
journal.pone_.0224077.g003.jpg
Posted Sun, 2019-12-15 18:52 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A stopover in Belize allowed me a day of driving through a natural reserve where I was able to spot about half of the 11 oaks reported to grow in Belize.
20190928_151154.jpg
Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 13:48 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A volunteer seedling in Massey University campus in New Zealand turns out to be a rare Mexican oak.
20190413_160831.jpg
Posted Sat, 2019-06-15 17:00 in Roderick Cameron's blog
An exchange of emails in April this year discussed the origin of the champion specimen of Quercus look in the US.
5._bartlett_look.jpg
Posted Wed, 2019-06-12 17:37 in Roderick Cameron's blog

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