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Acute Oak Decline and the Decline Disease Spiral Model: the State of the Game in the UK
Steve Potter reviews decline diseases affecting oaks in the...
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025
Oak Origins by Andrew Hipp
Book Review: Oak Origins – From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life
A review of Andrew Hipp's new book
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025
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Oaks Behaving Strangely
Allen Coombes shares observations of unexpected phenology...
Allen Coombes | Jan 14, 2025

Plant Focus

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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×ludoviciana Sarg.
Quercus ×ludoviciana is a naturally occurring oak hybrid from southeastern United States, which has flourished and attracted attention in...
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Gardens & Arboreta

The Iturraran Botanical Garden

By Francisco Garin Garcia | October 1, 2020
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One of the world's leading oak collections is located in Basque Country, northern Spain.

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

By Kevin Wiecks | August 15, 2020
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A 691-acre arboretum in Great River, New York, USA, with a collection of native and non-native oaks.

Oaks in Two Parks of the Northern Great Plains

By Dirk Giseburt | August 8, 2019
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This report highlights two sites near the limits of the footprint of Quercus macrocarpa in north central North America: the Prairie Arboretum in Freeman, in southeast South Dakota, and the Assiniboine Forest, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Wivenhoe Park Millennium Oaks Collection

By Website Editor | March 5, 2019
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An article by Maria Fremlin describes the oak collection in Wivenhoe Park at the University of Essex, Colchester, in the United Kingdom.

Starting an Oak Collection in Porto Botanical Garden, Portugal

By Website Editor | February 15, 2018

The Botanical Garden of Porto is located on the west side of the city of Porto, on a plateau overlooking the mouth of the Douro River and the Atlantic Ocean. Currently covering 4 hectares, it is part of the grounds of the University of Porto campus and is situated on what was once Quinta do Campo Alegre, a historic estate formerly on the outskirts of Porto. 

An International Accreditation Program for Arboreta

By Roderick Cameron | August 19, 2017
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ArbNet is an interactive community of arboreta, sponsored and coordinated by The Morton Arboretum in cooperation with the American Public Gardens Association and Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Its Arboretum Accreditation Program recognizes arboreta at various levels of development and capacity, based on an arboretum’s collections and curation, education and public programming, scientific research and conservation initiatives, governance, and staff or volunteer support.

Oaks at Armstrong State University Arboretum

By Roderick Cameron | September 7, 2015
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Philip Schretter has amassed an interesting collection of oaks at the campus-wide arboretum at Armstrong State University.

The Oak Collection at Mereweather Arboretum in Australia

By William Funk | August 30, 2015
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Bill Funk writes about his oak collection at Mereweather Arboretum in Victoria, Australia.

 

The Oaks at Eastwoodhill

By Roderick Cameron | August 21, 2014
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Eastwoodhill is the National Arboretum of New Zealand, located on the East Coast of the North Island 35 km northwest of Gisborne. It is considered to be the largest collection of Northern Hemisphere trees growing south of the Equator, and the over 3,600 taxa that can be found there include a large number of oak species.

San Miguel Arboretum, Argentina

By Roderick Cameron | May 24, 2014
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IOS member Peter Laharrague's arboretum, San Miguel, is located near the town of Coronel Pringles in Argentina, at 38 degrees below the Equator. 

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