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At the Meeting of Members (MoM) during the 11th Triennial Conference in Oaxaca this past October, we welcomed fou
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After receiving his Special Service Award from the IOS, Prof.
Prof. Chen with the Special Service Award
Posted Mon, 2025-10-27 10:56 in Website Editor's blog
Message from the IOS President included in Oak News & Notes (August 2025)
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Posted Fri, 2025-08-22 14:57 in Website Editor's blog
A highly entertaining podcast focusing on a rare Californian oak hybrid.
Quercus xmunzii
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:45 in Website Editor's blog
Cows caught munching Quercus robur acorns
Cattle eating acorns
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:00 in Website Editor's blog
What you can find by searching for "International Oak Society" on YouTube
Still from Christof van Hulle video
Posted Tue, 2025-04-22 16:28 in Website Editor's blog
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks and acorns
Image from Enarrationes
Posted Mon, 2024-12-16 13:54 in Website Editor's blog
Andrew Hipp talked to the legendary Joey Santore about genus Quercus.
Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't lgo
Posted Fri, 2024-08-23 18:41 in Website Editor's blog
Aljos Farjon FLS reports on the biodiversity of High Park, a wild section of Blenheim Park in Oxfordshire, England.
Ancient Oaks and Biodiveresity page 1
Posted Fri, 2024-06-28 15:47 in Website Editor's blog
IOS member David Cranwell shared with us a bulletin about his work growing Quercus leucotrichophora in New Zealand.
Posted Tue, 2024-04-16 21:51 in Website Editor's blog
IOS member Christy Powell, Horticulture Manager at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, shared an inspiring news story.
Posted Mon, 2024-04-15 22:23 in Website Editor's blog
Beech Leaf Disease is attacking Fagus species in North America.
Beech tree leaf disease
Posted Tue, 2023-06-20 19:52 in Website Editor'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

Website Editor's blog

At the Meeting of Members (MoM) during the 11th Triennial Conference in Oaxaca this past October, we welcomed fou
IOS logo
Posted Mon, 2026-02-23 19:35 in Website Editor's blog
After receiving his Special Service Award from the IOS, Prof.
Prof. Chen with the Special Service Award
Posted Mon, 2025-10-27 10:56 in Website Editor's blog
Message from the IOS President included in Oak News & Notes (August 2025)
IOS logo
Posted Fri, 2025-08-22 14:57 in Website Editor's blog
A highly entertaining podcast focusing on a rare Californian oak hybrid.
Quercus xmunzii
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:45 in Website Editor's blog
Cows caught munching Quercus robur acorns
Cattle eating acorns
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:00 in Website Editor's blog
What you can find by searching for "International Oak Society" on YouTube
Still from Christof van Hulle video
Posted Tue, 2025-04-22 16:28 in Website Editor's blog
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks and acorns
Image from Enarrationes
Posted Mon, 2024-12-16 13:54 in Website Editor's blog
Andrew Hipp talked to the legendary Joey Santore about genus Quercus.
Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't lgo
Posted Fri, 2024-08-23 18:41 in Website Editor's blog
Aljos Farjon FLS reports on the biodiversity of High Park, a wild section of Blenheim Park in Oxfordshire, England.
Ancient Oaks and Biodiveresity page 1
Posted Fri, 2024-06-28 15:47 in Website Editor's blog
IOS member David Cranwell shared with us a bulletin about his work growing Quercus leucotrichophora in New Zealand.
Posted Tue, 2024-04-16 21:51 in Website Editor's blog
IOS member Christy Powell, Horticulture Manager at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, shared an inspiring news story.
Posted Mon, 2024-04-15 22:23 in Website Editor's blog
Beech Leaf Disease is attacking Fagus species in North America.
Beech tree leaf disease
Posted Tue, 2023-06-20 19:52 in Website Editor's blog

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