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Hybrid Highlight: the Langtry Oak

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A section Lobatae oak found in southern Texas may be a distinct, undescribed species.

Species Spotlight: Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus

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The decline in regeneration potential of Quercus leucotrichophora is of great concern in the Kumaun Himalayan region.

 

Species Spotlight: Quercus costaricensis Liebm.

Quercus costaricensis leaves

Quercus costaricensis is a Central American oak belonging to the subgenus Quercus, section Lobatae.

Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×comptoniae Sarg.

The Compton oak at Colonial Williamsburg

A natural hybrid between Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) and Q. virginiana (Southern live oak)

Quercus texana New Madrid acorn

Disentangling the cultivar published as Quercus texana ‘New Madrid’

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Plant Focus

Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen
The only oak species endemic to Africa is rare in cultivation. It shouldn't be.

Plant Focus

Hybrid Highlight: the Langtry Oak

q.sp_._langtry_3.jpg

A section Lobatae oak found in southern Texas may be a distinct, undescribed species.

Species Spotlight: Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus

figure_2.jpg

The decline in regeneration potential of Quercus leucotrichophora is of great concern in the Kumaun Himalayan region.

 

Species Spotlight: Quercus costaricensis Liebm.

Quercus costaricensis leaves

Quercus costaricensis is a Central American oak belonging to the subgenus Quercus, section Lobatae.

Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×comptoniae Sarg.

The Compton oak at Colonial Williamsburg

A natural hybrid between Quercus lyrata (overcup oak) and Q. virginiana (Southern live oak)

Quercus texana New Madrid acorn

Disentangling the cultivar published as Quercus texana ‘New Madrid’

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