Oak Discovery Day - Shields Oak Grove, UC Davis Arboretum (California), 2 May 2010

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 21:27 — Béatrice

After silently growing for almost half a century, the venerable oaks in the UC Davis Arboretum’s Shields Oak Grove will debut as the featured attraction of Oak Discovery Day on Sunday, May 2nd from 1 to 4 pm.

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Oak Open Day : Kew Gardens, 19 July 2010

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 09:12 — Béatrice

Tony Kirkham, Head of the Arboretum and Horticultural Services at Kew, has agreed to the hosting of an Oak Open Day at Kew on July 19^th.

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The Oak - Ecology, History, Management and Planning, Isparta 1-3 June

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 09:28 — Béatrice

INVITATION

We are delighted to invite you to attend the conference “The Oak - Ecology, History, Management and Planning II”, which will be held in Isparta, Turkey, on June 01-03, 2010, hosted by the Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Forestry.

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Oak News & Notes Spring 2010 now available

Tue, 01/12/2010 - 08:01 — Béatrice

In this issue of Oak News & Notes (Spring 2010) : 6th Triennial Conference, Q. urbanii, event calendar 2010-2011.

http://www.internationaloaksociety.org/sites/www.internationaloaksociety.org/files/IOS_Newsletter_spring_2010.pdf

Publications

Pleistocene clone of Quercus palmeri Engelm.

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 14:45 — Béatrice

A Pleistocene Clone of Palmer's Oak Persisting in Southern California

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13,000 year-old Quercus palmeri discovered

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 13:07 — Béatrice

Jurupa Hills oak may be California's oldest plant

Researchers from UC Davis and UC Riverside say the 75-foot-wide Palmer's oak shrub has lived about 13,000 years despite inhospitable surroundings, regenerating itself with new shoots.

Remarkable Specimens

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Oak root grafting and disease transmission across taxonomic section boundaries

Sun, 12/06/2009 - 16:23 — GuySternberg

In 2008 one red oak hybrid (Quercus rubra × ellipsoidalis) was diagnosed with oak wilt disease (Ceratocystis fagacearum) at Starhill Forest Arboretum in Illinois. The tree was removed to below grade and burned to prevent Nitidulid sap beetle vectors from spreading the fungus. The roots were treated with butoxyethyl ester of triclopyr (Garlon-4 herbicide) to try to prevent conduction of the disease to adjacent trees via root grafting.

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New Board, Officers and Committees

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 10:34 — Béatrice

Officers

President : Béatrice Chassé
Vice-Président : Charles Snyers d’Attenhoven
Secretary : Jim Hitz

IOS Internal Affairs

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2009-2012 : thoughts for the future

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 10:25 — Béatrice

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RECUERDOS - Mexican memories - Add yours !

Tue, 11/03/2009 - 10:55 — Béatrice

If you participated in the International Oak Society's 6^th Triennial Conference in Puebla, you probably have fond memories, interesting ideas and helpful suggestions to share with fellow members. If you could not participate in the Conference, read on ! It will convince you that you should not miss the next : 2012, France !