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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
Quercus pacifica
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

Burr Oak Canyon Symposium 2019

By Dan Kostka | December 12, 2019
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On October 17, 2019, 80 participants gathered in McCook, Nebraska for a two-day conference and field trip, titled “Growing Better Trees Across the Great Plains”.

A-Sharnu: Restoring Oaks to the Sharon Region

By Website Editor | October 10, 2019
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Ofri Bar's graduate thesis, A-Sharnu, is a program to regenerate Mt. Tabor oaks (Quercus ithaburensis) in the Sharon region.

Potential Applications of Acorns in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Cosmetic Industries

By Paweł Górnaś | August 12, 2019
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Acorns can be a source of cheap plant material, in part due to underutilization, so from an economical perspective they have a high potential for the processing industry.

Hybrid Oaks Under Evaluation

By Website Editor | August 10, 2019
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For nearly 15 years, Nina Bassuk and her grad students at the Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) have been developing hybrid oaks for exceptional tolerance of urban conditions (drought, alkaline soil, etc.)

Saving the Keirunga Oaks

By Roderick Cameron | August 8, 2019
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An admirable community effort in the town of Havelock North in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay has saved dozens of 80-year-old oaks that had been slated for removal by the local city council.

Publication released! Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Oaks

By Website Editor | July 29, 2019
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The Morton Arboretum is pleased to announce the release of the Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Oaks.

Global Ex-Situ Collections Survey of Six Priority Tree Genera

By Website Editor | July 17, 2019
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The Morton Arboretum, in collaboration with Botanic Gardens Conservation International U.S., are conducting a global ex-situ collections survey of six priority tree genera.

Cloning Old Oaks in Poland

By Website Editor | May 30, 2019
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Scientists in Poland have successfully micropropagated 500- to 800-year-old oaks and two of the saplings were planted in April.

The Israeli Oak Association

By Ezra Barnea | April 17, 2019
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A new association aims to raise and improve the status of the oak trees in Israel.

Exploring for Quercus ajoensis and Q. toumeyi

By Website Editor | February 8, 2019
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The Huntington, in San Marino, CA, obtained a grant from American Public Gardens Association to study Quercus ajoensis and Q. toumeyi in collaboration with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (ASDM) in Tucson, AZ. The objectives were to scout localities where the two Quercus species had been observed in the past, confirm or deny presence of the species in several mountain ranges which have poorly documented or otherwise dubious records, collect acorns or material for micropropagation, and voucher the species at each location.

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