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Who was Quercus grahamii named in honor of?
Roderick Cameron | Dec 17, 2024
Quercus rubra in autumn
The Tree of the Year Association in Germany selected a non-...
Website Editor | Dec 16, 2024
Image from Enarrationes
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks...
Website Editor | Dec 16, 2024

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Quercus aucheri leaves
Some personal observations of this rare oak in southwestern Turkey

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Who was Quercus grahamii named in honor of?
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Posted Tue, 2024-12-17 20:04 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks and aconrs
Image from Enarrationes
Posted Mon, 2024-12-16 13:54 in Website Editor's blog
A project to raise funds to conserve oaks by recording the music they make.
Tana Silverland listening to an acorn
Posted Sat, 2024-12-14 15:19 in Tana Silverland's blog
An Ansel Adams photograph is featured on a postage stamp.
Stamp with Ansel Adams' Oak Tree, Sunset City
Posted Fri, 2024-12-13 15:59 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A beautiful and sonorous name has sunk into synonymy.
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Posted Thu, 2024-10-31 00:50 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Andrew Hipp talked to the legendary Joey Santore about genus Quercus.
Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't lgo
Posted Fri, 2024-08-23 18:41 in Website Editor's blog
The oak depicted on the new coin is a challenge to identify.
New 5p coin - Image: The Royal Mint
Posted Wed, 2024-08-21 12:54 in Steve Potter's blog
A new article investigates patterns of geographic overlap—sympatry—in North American oak species.
Figure from syngameon article
Posted Tue, 2024-08-13 16:14 in Andrew Hipp's blog
Aljos Farjon FLS reports on the biodiversity of High Park, a wild section of Blenheim Park in Oxfordshire, England.
Ancient Oaks and Biodiveresity page 1
Posted Fri, 2024-06-28 15:47 in Website Editor's blog
Santiago Reyna has selected a bushy holm oak with attractive maroon-burgundy leaves.
Burgundy leaves on Q. rotundifolia
Posted Fri, 2024-06-28 13:07 in Roderick Cameron's blog
We all know the best you can do with an acorn (turn it into an oak), but what can we do with a cupule? One answer is: whistle! It is a good skill to learn.
Acorn cap whistler in Extremadura
Posted Wed, 2024-04-17 21:33 in Roderick Cameron's blog
IOS member David Cranwell shared with us a bulletin about his work growing Quercus leucotrichophora in New Zealand.
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Posted Tue, 2024-04-16 21:51 in Website Editor's blog

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