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Group photos Texas OODs
Texas Oak Open Days - October 12–16, 2023
Five days of oaking in the Lone Star State.
Roderick Cameron | Oct 21, 2023
Tour Participants on Fiddler Peak
IOS Tour of Oregon, September 2023
An account of the Tour guided by Sean Hogan
Website Editor | Oct 19, 2023
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The Oak Collection at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
An collection specializing in native Californian oaks
Christina Varnava | Oct 18, 2023

Plant Focus

A small but mature Alabama sandstone oak producing acorns © Patrick Thompson
Species Spotlight: Quercus boyntonii
A Critically Endangered dwarf oak 
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Dendrology

A Request to IOS Members to Participate in an Oak Research Project

By Website Editor | February 10, 2021
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A survey on specialization in oak species

Conversations with Conservationists

By Website Editor | February 9, 2021
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Two podcasts about oak conservation

The Red List of Oaks

By Website Editor | December 11, 2020
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The Red List of Oaks 2020 has been published, detailing the completed IUCN Red List threat assessments for oaks.

When Oak Leaves Fail to Fall

By Andrew Hipp | October 8, 2020
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Marcescent leaves persist on deciduous trees through winter.

Ascent of the Oaks

By Website Editor | August 13, 2020
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An article published in Scientific American recounts how advances in genomics have allowed researchers to reconstruct the evolutionary history of oaks.

Fossils of Oak Ancestors Discovered in Argentina

By Website Editor | June 11, 2020
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Researchers have unearthed a collection of chinquapin fruit and leaf fossils in Patagonia that suggests the Fagaceae family has evolutionary roots in the Southern Hemisphere.

Cultivated Oaks of the World

By Roderick Cameron | April 12, 2020
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A database that pools information on oak trees in collections around the world.

The Renature Monchique Project

By Justin Roborg-Söndergaard | April 7, 2020
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A project aims to recover and restore habitats in Serra de Monchique, Portugal.

A Global Conservation Consortium for Oak

By Amy Byrne | February 17, 2020
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GCCO logoThe Global Conservation Consortium for Oak (GCCO) has launched! Developing the GCCO was a collaborative effort—and involvement from passionate IOS members was an integral component.

In Search of an Endangered Species: Quercus acerifolia

By Ryan Russell | February 10, 2020
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Quercus acerifolia (maple-leaf oak) is an endangered species in the wild (IUCN Red List)and a highly sought-after species in cultivation.

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