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From the Board - August 2025

By Website Editor | August 22, 2025
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Message from the IOS President included in Oak News & Notes (August 2025)

Editor's Picks

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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IOS President

From the Board - August 2025

By Website Editor | August 22, 2025
IOS logo
Message from the IOS President included in Oak News & Notes (August 2025)

The International Oak Society acknowledges the generous support of the following institutions:

Supporting Institutional Members

Denver BG Logo
The Morton Arboretum logo
San Antonio Botanical Garden logo

 

Standard Institutional Members

Bartlett Tree Experts logo
Catalina Island Conservancy logo
Forrest Keeling Nursery logo
Houston Botanic Garden logo
Rice University
San Diego Botanic Garden logo
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance logo
South Carolina Botanical Garden

 

The Huntington
The John Fairey Garden