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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)
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

Past Boards of Directors

2022–2025
Roderick Cameron (President, Oak News & Notes Editor, Website Editor)
Ryan Russell (Vice-President, Oak News & Notes Co-Editor, Website Editor)
Dan Kostka (Secretary)
Dirk Giseburt (Treasurer)
Béatrice Chassé (International Oaks Editor)
Tim Boland 
Amy Byrne
Phil Douglas

2018–2022
Shaun Haddock (President, Tour Director)
Roderick Cameron (Vice-President, Oak News & Notes Editor, Website Editor)
James Hitz (Secretary)
Dirk Giseburt (Treasurer)
Béatrice Chassé (International Oaks Editor)
Ryan Russell (Oak News & Notes Co-Editor)
Tim Boland 
Dan Kostka

20152018
Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven (PresidentWebsite Administrator)
Shaun Haddock (Vice-President, Tour Director)
Gert Fortgens (Secretary)
James Hitz (Treasurer)
Béatrice Chassé (International Oaks Editor)
Roderick Cameron (Oak News & Notes Editor, Website Editor)
Ryan Russell (Oak News & Notes Co-Editor)

20122015
Béatrice Chassé (President, International Oaks Editor)
Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven (Vice-President, Website Administrator)
Gert Fortgens (Secretary)
James Hitz (Treasurer)
Emily Griswold (Membership Director)
Shaun Haddock (Tour Director)
Allen Coombes (International Oaks Co-Editor)
Ryan Russell (Oak News & Notes Editor)
Roderick Cameron (Oak News & Notes International Editor, Website Editor)

20092012
Béatrice Chassé (President)
Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven (Vice-President, Website Administrator)
James Hitz (Secretary)
William Hess (Treasurer)
Rudy Light (Membership Director)
Dirk Benoit (Tour Director)
Allen Coombes (Development Director)
Guy Sternberg (International Oaks Editor)
Allan Taylor (Oak News & Notes Editor)

20062009
Allen Coombes (President)
Guy Sternberg (Vice President, International Oaks Co-Editor)
Béatrice Chassé (Secretary)
William Hess (Treasurer)
Richard Jensen (Membership Director)
Dirk Benoit (Propagation & Nursery)
Eike Jablonski (Promotion & Oak Collections)
Ron Lance (International Oaks Co-Editor)
Doug McCreary (Oak News & Notes Editor)

20032006
Eike Jablonski (President)
Allen Coombes (Vice President)
Ron Lance (Secretary, International Oaks Co-Editor)
William Hess (Treasurer)
Richard Jensen (Membership Director)
Guy Sternberg (International Oaks Co-Editor)
Doug McCreary (Oak News & Notes Editor)
Dorothy Holley
Thierry Lamant
Ana Mendoza

20002003
Ron Lance (President)
Thierry Lamant (Vice-President)
Dorothy Holley (Secretary)
Peter van der Linden (Treasurer)
Richard Jensen (Membership Director)
Doug McCreary (Editor)
Allen Coombes
Eike Jablonski
Maricela Rodríguez-Acosta
Guy Sternberg

19972000
Guy Sternberg (President)
Allen Coombes (Vice-President)
Amy Larson (Secretary)
Peter van der Linden (Treasurer)
Richard Jensen (Membership Director)
Doug McCreary (Editor)
Thierry Lamant
Ron Lance
Maricela Rodríguez-Acosta

19941997 (Interim Board of Directors)
Guy Sternberg (President)
Allen Coombes (Vice-President)
M. Nigel Wright (Secretary & Journal Editor)
Peter van der Linden (Treasurer)
Amy Larson

19921994
Founder & Seed Distributor: Steven Roesch
Co-Founder: Susan Cooper
Co-Organizer: Guy Sternberg
Journal Editors & Coordinators: Lisa & M. Nigel Wright