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Call for Session Proposals for the 11th IOS Conference Now Open
Share your oak story in Oaxaca!
Website Editor | Mar 17, 2025
Single stem bleed
Acute Oak Decline and the Decline Disease Spiral Model: the State of the Game in the UK
Steve Potter reviews decline diseases affecting oaks in the...
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025
Oak Origins by Andrew Hipp
Book Review: Oak Origins – From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life
A review of Andrew Hipp's new book
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025

Plant Focus

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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×ludoviciana Sarg.
Quercus ×ludoviciana is a naturally occurring oak hybrid from southeastern United States, which has flourished and attracted attention in...
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threatened oaks

Species Spotlight: Quercus persica Jaub. & Spach

By Website Editor | February 10, 2025
Quercus persica acorns

Parisa Panahi and Mehdi Pourhashemi train the follow spot on a rare Iranian oak

Saving Threatened Plants… with Music!

By Tana Silverland | December 14, 2024
Tana Silverland listening to an acorn

A project to raise funds to conserve oaks by recording the music they make.

Lotus McElfish: Quercus tardifolia and Others

By Website Editor | June 20, 2023
Quercus tardifolia

This self-taught botanical artist has specialized in Texas native plants.

OC&R Committee Announces Second Round of Grant Funding

By Amy Byrne | February 15, 2023
Quercus marlipoensis

Eight conservation projects supported by the OC&R Fund

Finding His Roots: Michael Eason's Journey in Conservation

By Amy Byrne | February 15, 2023
Michael Eason hiking in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to observe Washingtonia filifera in situ

Currently at San Antonio Botanic Garden, Michael's work has focused on conservation

The Morton Arboretum Guides Ex-Situ Collections of Quercus acerifolia

By Sean Hoban | February 10, 2023
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The Tree Conservation Biology lab at The Morton Arboretum contributed an article to the Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership newsletter, Samara.