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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

Triennial Conferences

2022 – New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA (Chair: Ryan Russell)

Proceedings

Session Recordings

IOS Las Cruces 2022

 

2018 – The University of California, Davis, California, USA (Chair: Emily Griswold)

Proceedings

Group photo Davis

2015 – The Morton Arboretum, Illinois, USA (Chair: Andrew Hipp) 

Proceedings

Group photo Lisle 2015

2012 – INRA and Université de Bordeaux I, Bordeaux, France (Chair: Thierry Lamant)

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2009 – Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico (Chair: Maricela Rodriguez Acosta)

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IOS Puebla 2006

 


2006 – Texas A&M University, Texas, USA (Chair: David Richardson)

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IOS Dallas 2006

 


2003 – King Alfred College, Hampshire, England (Chair: Allen Coombes)

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IOS UK 2003

 


2000 – The North Carolina Arboretum, North Carolina, USA (Chair: Ron Lance)

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IOS Ashville 2000

 


1997 – The Huntington Botanical Garden, California, USA (Chair: Amy Larson)

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IOS Huntington 1997

 


1994 – The Morton Arboretum, Illinois, USA (Chair: Guy Sternberg) 

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IOS 1994 Lisle

 

 


Images © Guy Sternberg