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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

Starhill Forest Arboretum Tours

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Event Date: 
Tuesday, 22 September 2020 to Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Starhill Forest Arboretum will be hosting tours during September and October 2020. The video below shows the beautiful home to a sanctuary of trees, shrubs, bushes and wildlife (click on Watch on Vimeo). Go behind the scene with a tour for small groups. Information is found at the end of the video to sign up. (Tours Sept. 22 & 29 and Oct. 7, 14 & 28). For more details, visit www.visitmenardcounty.com (scroll to bottom of page).

Starhill Forest Arboretum is home to 50 acres of rolling, diverse land including hills, creeks and slopes facing all directions as well as level land. Starhill Forest has 2,500 documented types of trees and shrubs and includes the most comprehensive living oak collection in North America. In addition you’ll see prairie plants, pollinator species, habitats for birds and other wildlife, and more than two dozen original tree cultivars. Founded in 1976 by Guy and Edie Sternberg, Starhill Forest Arboretum was the first of more than 1,000 arboreta worldwide to be certified by the international accrediting system ArbNet.

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