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Group photos Texas OODs
Texas Oak Open Days - October 12–16, 2023
Five days of oaking in the Lone Star State.
Roderick Cameron | Oct 21, 2023
Tour Participants on Fiddler Peak
IOS Tour of Oregon, September 2023
An account of the Tour guided by Sean Hogan
Website Editor | Oct 19, 2023
Quercus pacifica
The Oak Collection at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
An collection specializing in native Californian oaks
Christina Varnava | Oct 18, 2023

Plant Focus

A small but mature Alabama sandstone oak producing acorns © Patrick Thompson
Species Spotlight: Quercus boyntonii
A Critically Endangered dwarf oak 
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Quercus

IOS Tour of Oregon, September 2023

By Website Editor | October 19, 2023
Tour Participants on Fiddler Peak

An account of the Tour guided by Sean Hogan

Conservation of Fagaceae Forests of Southeastern Taiwan: Update

By Yi-Shan Tsai | August 5, 2023
The ginger seedlings are growing well, but soil fertility has been completely destroyed © Kuoh-Cheng Yang

Latest news on Fagaceae conservation efforts in Taiwan

A Life Dedicated to Oak Conservation: Maricela Rodríguez

By Amy Byrne | June 20, 2023
Maricela Rodríguez, GCCO Mexico and Central America Coordinator in Antigua, Guatemala

Currently the GCCO Coordinator for Mexico and Latin America, Maricela leads a group of professionals and amateurs interested in oaks and their conservation.

Oaks in Shakespeare

By Roderick Cameron | April 23, 2023
Falstaff at Hern's Oak

Shakespeare mentions oaks more than any other tree.

Oaks Featured On Bomengids (Tree Guide) Website

By Hans-Cees Speel | April 19, 2023
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Hans-Cees Speel shares news of the website he created, which includes numerous photos of 64 oak taxa. 

The Burke Oak Collection at The New York Botanical Garden

By Todd Forrest | February 8, 2023
Burke Oak Collection at New York Botanical Garden

The Coleman and Susan Burke Oak Collection at The New York Botanical Garden features more than 150 oaks representing 44 taxa

2022 IOS Service Awards Presented at the 10th IOS Conference in Las Cruces

By Shaun Haddock | October 14, 2022
Shaun Haddock receives an award for Eike Jablonski

Service awards recognize contributions to genus Quercus and to the IOS

The 10th IOS Conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico

By Zarah Wyly | October 12, 2022
Group photo

The traditional triennial gathering took place in the shadows of the Organ Mountains.

A Documentary Film about an Oak and Its Universe

By Website Editor | June 15, 2022
Le Chene

Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux spend a year with a magnificent oak tree to document its inhabitants.

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