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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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Dendrology

A Cry for Survival: Quercus brantii and the Looming Crisis of the Zagros Oak Forest of Iran

By Mohammad Khayat Tehranchi | February 18, 2025
The Zagros oak forest, near the village of Sar Agha Seyed, located in the central district of Kuhrang County in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran - Image: www.iranparadise.com

Oaks of the Zagros mountains are under threat.

Acute Oak Decline and the Decline Disease Spiral Model: the State of the Game in the UK

By Steve Potter | February 12, 2025
Single stem bleed

Steve Potter reviews decline diseases affecting oaks in the UK.

Quercus rubra Chosen Tree of the Year in Germany

By Website Editor | December 16, 2024
Quercus rubra in autumn

The Tree of the Year Association in Germany selected a non-native species.

Quercus boyntonii Conservation Action Plan

By Website Editor | October 29, 2024
Quercus boyntonii Conservation Plan

Partners at The Morton Arboretum, in collaboration with members of the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak (GCCO), recently published the Quercus boyntonii conservation action plan in July 2024 (you can access the final plan here).

Conservation Gap Analysis of Native Mesoamerican Oaks

By Website Editor | October 29, 2024
Cover of Mesoamerican Oaks Gap Analysis

Publication now available online

Abstracts from the International Oak Symposium

By Website Editor | October 28, 2024
Cover of book of abstracts

Summaries of the presentations and posters shared during the Symposium in Knoxville, Tennessee

Oak-related Presentations and Posters at IBC 2024 in Madrid

By Website Editor | August 13, 2024
Rebekah Mohn presenting at IBC 2024

Several abstracts included research involving Quercus.

(Even More) Northernmost Oaks!

By DW Oliver | June 28, 2024
David Oliver and the northernmost oak (to date)

Oaks found close to the 70th parallel north

Action Oak Continues to Protect British Native Oaks

By Annabel Narayanan | June 26, 2024
Action Oak Report 2023-24

Action Oak is a unique collaboration of charities, governments, landowners, and research institutions dedicated to protecting native UK oaks.

Propagation Protocol for Quercus insignis

By Karina Orozco | February 19, 2024
Cover of the Protocolo

The Global Conservation Consortium for Oak published a protocol for the propagation of Quercus insignis.

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