Editor's Picks
The Morton Arboretum, in collaboration with Botanic Gardens...
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Jul 17, 2019
Stelian Radu, a founding member of the IOS, accomplished an...
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Jun 16, 2019
Scientists in Poland have successfully micropropagated 500...
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May 30, 2019
Plant Focus
Quercus look is one of the least-known oaks of the arid mountains of the Middle East. It grows on Mount Hermon and in the Anti-Lebanon...
Tree Hunter Rob McBride's Oak Adventures
Ancient tree specialist Rob McBride contacted our website to share some of his work on oaks. A self-styled “tree hunter”, Rob campaigns to raise public awareness of veteran, heritage, and ancient trees, encouraging their protection—or lamenting their preventable demise. Follow the links below to view his rich stories concerning outstanding oaks in the British Isles.
- Discovering a 10-meter girth oak: Eaton Manor Violet Oak
- The fall of the largest-girthed oak in Wales: The Pontfadog Oak
- Propagating The Pontfadog Oak
- Campaign to save a great Welsh Oak pollard, c. 500 yrs old
- Searching for the new Champion Oak of Wales
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