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Photo Gallery: Quercus pubescens Willd.

Quercus pubescens pictured by photographer and IOS member Michel Timacheff

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Plant Focus: Quercus pubescens Willd.

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Plant Focus

Quercus pubescens Willd.

Quercus pubescens Willd. is a species with a wide native range, found across the European continent, from Portugal to Lebanon and from Russia into Southern Germany.

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A new species of oak, Quercus delgadoana

An oak in cultivation as Quercus eugeniifolia has now been described as a new species,  Quercus delgadoana S. Valencia, Nixon & L. M. Kelly (Novon June 2011)

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Trip Report

Northern Greece, Sep 26-Oct 2 2011

During this early autumn week of incomparable weather, twelve members of the IOS, and three others who were guests, enjoyed a truly memorable time in northern Greece.  

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9490 Kilometres Across Mexico, Sep.-Oct. 2010

This trip report from Béatrice Chassé through Northern Mexico is reproduced from the IOS Journal.  The companion photo gallery contains much more photographs than the paper version. 

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Oak Open Days

Oak Open Day in Belgium 2011

A visit to two Belgian collections on a rainy September day, Arboretum Wespelaar and the National Botanical Garden of Belgium. 

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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Shaun Haddock invited the IOS membership on July 19, 2010 to an Oak Open Day at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London. The aim was to focus on the Mexican oak species in their vast oak collection.

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Dendrology

7th International Oak Society Conference - Bordeaux, France - Sep. 29 to Oct. 2, 2012

In collaboration with INRA and the University of Bordeaux, the 7th International Oak Society Conference, attended by 90 participants from 17 countries, included 21 presentations, two field trips (INRA, Pierroton and the Tonnellerie Nadalié) and a gala dinner in the magnificent Château Carbonnieux.

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A new Oklahoma station for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba

A previously unreported station for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba has recently been identified in southwestern Custer County, Oklahoma. 

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Gardens & Arboreta

Oaks in a Difficult Climate – Arboretum de la Bergerette

For upwards of twenty years, Shaun Haddock has been planting oaks at the Arboretum de la Bergerette in southwest France, during which time at least 200 species of oak have already been trialled outdoors.  This report initially appeared on the Journal of the Society.

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Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères

The Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères is without doubt one of the most extraordinary private botanic gardens in France.

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Book Reviews

A few reference works on oaks

A good summary of reference works on the genus Quercus initially published in Oak News & Notes, Volume 15, #1, winter 2011.

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British Oaks: A Concise Guide

British Oaks: A Concise Guide by Michael Tyler, Crowood Press, 2008

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