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Michael Eason hiking in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to observe Washingtonia filifera in situ
Finding His Roots: Michael Eason's Journey in Conservation
Currently at San Antonio Botanic Garden, Michael's work has...
Amy Byrne | Feb 15, 2023
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Richard Geraint Evans: GPS Trees
An exhibition that beautifully depicts and locates oaks
Roderick Cameron | Feb 09, 2023
Burke Oak Collection at New York Botanical Garden
The Burke Oak Collection at The New York Botanical Garden
The Coleman and Susan Burke Oak Collection at The New York...
Todd Forrest | Feb 08, 2023

Plant Focus

Quercus xjackiana acorns
Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×jackiana C.K. Schneid.
The hybrid of Q. alba and Q. bicolor
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Patrick Vereecke's blog

Frère Sennen's Names

By Patrick Vereecke | February 13, 2022
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The author Sennen crops up regularly among the Spanish oaks. He described a number of species from Spain and had an eye for hybrids, a trait that can also be seen in work he did in other genera.

Quercus obtecta's hidden epithet uncovered

By Patrick Vereecke | March 26, 2021
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Until recently, the name had been considered unplaced

Quercus warkoensir??

By Patrick Vereecke | February 9, 2021
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A strange oak name explained

The Diversity of the Epithet “dshorochensis”

By Patrick Vereecke | February 6, 2021
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An unusual name based on a river in Turkey has quite a few variants

Does Quercus cerris Grow In Spain?

By Patrick Vereecke | December 2, 2020
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Linnaeus wrote in his prologue of Quercus cerris that it "lives in Spain," but the species does not occur naturally there...

Mysterious Hansen Name Unveiled

By Patrick Vereecke | February 14, 2016

In some oak databases one can find a few oak names described by a certain Hansen. And in every instance there is no link to a publication whatsoever...