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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)
"Oaks: the Backbone of Mexico" – New Documentary Film
A new documentary by Maricela Rodríguez Acosta
Website Editor | Feb 17, 2026
Quercus miyagii acorn and dried leaves
In Search of Quercus miyagii: A Field Report from Okinawa
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
Amit Zohran's "Oakollective"
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
Species Spotlight: Quercus canariensis Willd.
Antonio Lambe shares his views on this threatened oak native to Iberia and North Africa
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2009-2012 New Board, Officers and Committees

By Béatrice Chassé | November 12, 2009

Officers

President : Béatrice Chassé
Vice-Président : Charles Snyers d’Attenhoven
Secretary : Jim Hitz
Treasurer : Bill Hess


Directors

 

Membership Director : Rudy Light

Development Director : Allen Coombes
Tours Director : Dirk Benoît
Editor International Oaks : Guy Sternberg
Editor Oak News & Notes : Allan Taylor

 

Committees

 

Finance : Bill Hess, Charles Snyers, Todd Lasseigne

Editorial : Guy Sternberg, Ron Lance, Allen Coombes, Béatrice Chassé, Charles Snyers, Allan Taylor, Eike Jablonski
Taxonomy and Oak Cultivars : Allen Coombes, Richard Jensen, Bill Hess, Eike Jablonski, Piers Trehane
Tours : Dirk Benoît, Emily Griswold, Francisco Maria Vasquez Pardo, Tim Boland, Kunso Kim