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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×hispanica Lam. - A Non-Hispanic Hybrid

By Roderick Cameron | March 30, 2017
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A naturally occurring hybrid, widely adopted by the nursery trade in the form of cultivars, labors under a misnomer: there is precious little Hispanic about Quercus ×hispanica. 

Cultivar Close-up: Quercus ×bebbiana 'Taco'

By Ryan Russell | August 1, 2016
Quercus xbebbiana Taco

Found in the late 1980s by Guy Sternberg in Springfield, Illinois, this selection was noted early on for its rapid growth rate and strong central leader. 

Cultivar Close-up: Quercus robur 'Timuki'

By Ryan Russell | August 1, 2016
Timuki

This cultivar was selected by Raimond Cinovskis, from the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences, Salapils, Latvia and was introduced by Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Průhonice, Czech Republic.

Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×heterophylla F. Michx.

By Ryan Russell | August 1, 2016
Quercus-x-heterophylla_6-Andreas Gomolka

Named in honor of one of America’s first botanists, John Bartram, Quercus ×heterophylla is known by many as Bartram’s oak.

Species Spotlight: Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.

By Rebecca Dellinger | June 4, 2016
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Quercus ilicifolia is a little oak with a big name: bear oak. 

Species Spotlight: Quercus crassifolia Bonpl.

By Roderick Cameron | January 26, 2016

Quercus crassifolia is tree ranging in height from 4 to 15 meters, and is usually easily recognized by its leaves: stiff and leathery, glossy blackish green above, covered with a layer of pale brown hairs beneath, and with bristle-tipped teeth above the widest part of the leaf.

Species Spotlight: Quercus rotundifolia Lam.

By Website Editor | March 8, 2015
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A Mediterranean oak with a long-standing relationship with humanity.

Species Spotlight: Quercus austrocochinchinensis Hickel & A. Camus

By Website Editor | March 4, 2014
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Propagation and reintroduction of an endangered oak: Quercus austrocochinchinensis. An article by Qian-sheng Li and Min Deng, orginally published in Oak News & Notes, Vol. 18. No. 1

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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×hispanica Lam. - A Non-Hispanic Hybrid

By Roderick Cameron | March 30, 2017
leaf_comparison.jpg

A naturally occurring hybrid, widely adopted by the nursery trade in the form of cultivars, labors under a misnomer: there is precious little Hispanic about Quercus ×hispanica. 

Cultivar Close-up: Quercus ×bebbiana 'Taco'

By Ryan Russell | August 1, 2016
Quercus xbebbiana Taco

Found in the late 1980s by Guy Sternberg in Springfield, Illinois, this selection was noted early on for its rapid growth rate and strong central leader. 

Cultivar Close-up: Quercus robur 'Timuki'

By Ryan Russell | August 1, 2016
Timuki

This cultivar was selected by Raimond Cinovskis, from the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences, Salapils, Latvia and was introduced by Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Průhonice, Czech Republic.

Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×heterophylla F. Michx.

By Ryan Russell | August 1, 2016
Quercus-x-heterophylla_6-Andreas Gomolka

Named in honor of one of America’s first botanists, John Bartram, Quercus ×heterophylla is known by many as Bartram’s oak.

Species Spotlight: Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.

By Rebecca Dellinger | June 4, 2016
leaf_r_43_m.jpg

Quercus ilicifolia is a little oak with a big name: bear oak. 

Species Spotlight: Quercus crassifolia Bonpl.

By Roderick Cameron | January 26, 2016

Quercus crassifolia is tree ranging in height from 4 to 15 meters, and is usually easily recognized by its leaves: stiff and leathery, glossy blackish green above, covered with a layer of pale brown hairs beneath, and with bristle-tipped teeth above the widest part of the leaf.

Species Spotlight: Quercus rotundifolia Lam.

By Website Editor | March 8, 2015
qrotundi_var_avellanae.jpg

A Mediterranean oak with a long-standing relationship with humanity.

Species Spotlight: Quercus austrocochinchinensis Hickel & A. Camus

By Website Editor | March 4, 2014
fig.205.jpg

Propagation and reintroduction of an endangered oak: Quercus austrocochinchinensis. An article by Qian-sheng Li and Min Deng, orginally published in Oak News & Notes, Vol. 18. No. 1

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