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Pages from Gert's book
A New Book on Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum
It was a great pleasure for me to be able to write about my...
Gert Fortgens | Feb 15, 2024
Quercus marlipoensis acorns
Trials and Tribulations of Quercus marlipoensis
A new study has analyzed the germination characteristics of...
Website Editor | Feb 15, 2024
Gall on Quercus grahamii
New Species of Gall Wasp Described on Quercus grahamii
A new species of oak gall wasp has been named in honor of...
Website Editor | Feb 14, 2024

Plant Focus

Species Spotlight: Quercus hypoleucoides A. Camus
For this Species Spotlight we train our follow spot on an oak that is quite a star of the quercine scene: Quercus hypoleucoides (stage name...
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Champion oak

The Lyytikkylä Oak in Finland

By Juha Fagerholm | June 10, 2021
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Despite damage, the Lyytikkylä Oak is still the thickest oak in Finland

Sacred Oaks of Serbia

By Nikola Šušić | June 10, 2021
Quercus cerris champion tree in spring 2016. Photo from Šušić et al. (2016)

In Serbian tradition, in almost every village or hamlet there is at least one tree deemed by the inhabitants to be special.

The Anchorena Alcornoque

By Roderick Cameron | November 16, 2013
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A champion cork oak in Uruguay?