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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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San Luis Obispo

Oaks in San Luis Obispo County

By Charles Snyers | December 2, 2018
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This blog post focuses on the day and a half we spent in San Luis Obispo County. The tree of that leg of our trip was clearly Quercus agrifolia from the champion Ancestor tree at the Halter Ranch Winery to the pygmy trees of the Elfin Forest in Morro Bay.