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Hope for California’s Endemic Oaks in a Changing Climate: Further Research
Two new papers by Dr. Victoria Sork and colleagues
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The provenance trial indicated that valley oak growth declines across much of the low-elevation inland range, and growth increases in several coastal and high-elevation regions under a high-emissions scenario.  Figure from Sork et al. (2026).
Dendrology
By Steve Potter
Aug 14, 2026
Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel
The only oak species endemic to Africa is rare in cultivation. It shouldn't be.
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Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen
Plant Focus
By Website Editor
Aug 12, 2026
Starhill Forest Arboretum Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
Friends gathered to celebrate the Arboretum's first half-century
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Group photo at Starhill's 50th Anniversary
Society News
By Ryan Russell
Aug 12, 2026
Research Roundup
Summaries of research papers related to oaks that have come to our attention and which may be of interest to members.
Read more
Figure 1: Iberian White oaks sampling distribution. Sampling locations are placed above the main biogeographic lifezones obtained by modelling deciduous (Temperate-Eurosiberian) and brevi-deciduous/marcescent (Submediterranean) oaks, with the overlap of both lifezones considered to be transitional (Eurosiberian-Submediterranean). Squares represent true roburoid oaks and circles represent former Sect. Dascia and Sect. Galliferae species. Adapted from Vila-Viçosa et al. (2019). Taxon labels reflect the origin
Dendrology
By Editorial Staff
Aug 12, 2026
Quercus robur in Wytham Woods: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
A wide portfolio of defence traits active across a woodland helps maintain the population’s long-term survival
Read more
Spring in Wytham Woods © Paul Trafford. Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence
Dendrology
By Keith Kirby
Aug 12, 2026
California’s Oaks in a Changing Climate: In Conversation with Dr. Blair McLa...
How will California’s iconic oaks fare in a changing climate?
Read more
Mortality of Quercus douglasii. An indication of things to come?  © Blair McLaughlin
Conversations with Conservationists
By Steve Potter
Aug 10, 2026
Book Review: "The Great Oak Tree" by Zoë Armstrong, with illustrat...
The wonder of oaks—for young readers
Read more
The Great Oak Tree cover
Book Reviews
By Steve Potter
Aug 7, 2026
The Climate-Changed Oak at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
A dead red oak painted red as a call to action against climate change.
Read more
Signage from the Climate-Changed Oak exhibit
Dendrology
By Editorial Staff
Aug 6, 2026
Cultivar Close-Up: Quercus ×tottenii ‘Sweet Braude’ from the WashU Arboretum
A closer look at the newly described cultivar selected from the WashU Arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Read more
Quercus ×tottenii ‘Sweet Braude’
Plant Focus
By Cody Azotea
Aug 6, 2026
Conservation Gap Analysis of Select Native Asian Oaks
Report led by The Morton Arboretum will help prioritize oak conservation efforts
Read more
Cover of Select Native Asian Oaks Gap Analysis
Dendrology
By Website Editor
Aug 6, 2026
"Pig Under the Oak" by Ivan Krylov
This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry features a poem by Ivan Krylov
Read more
Ivan Krylov
Oak Poetry
By Website Editor
Jun 19, 2026
In Memoriam: the Major Oak of Sherwood Forest
The famous oak has been declared dead
Read more
The Major Oak by Beth Moon
Dendrology
By Steve Potter
Jun 18, 2026

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

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Conversations with Conservationists
Dendrology
Gardens & Arboreta
Historic Oaks
Oak Artists
Oak Nomenclature
Oak Open Days
Oak Poetry
Plant Focus
Society News
Trip Reports
Webinar Reports
Hope for California’s Endemic Oaks in a Changing Climate: Further Research
Two new papers by Dr. Victoria Sork and colleagues
Read more
The provenance trial indicated that valley oak growth declines across much of the low-elevation inland range, and growth increases in several coastal and high-elevation regions under a high-emissions scenario.  Figure from Sork et al. (2026).
Dendrology
By Steve Potter
Aug 14, 2026
Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel
The only oak species endemic to Africa is rare in cultivation. It shouldn't be.
Read more
Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen
Plant Focus
By Website Editor
Aug 12, 2026
Starhill Forest Arboretum Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
Friends gathered to celebrate the Arboretum's first half-century
Read more
Group photo at Starhill's 50th Anniversary
Society News
By Ryan Russell
Aug 12, 2026
Research Roundup
Summaries of research papers related to oaks that have come to our attention and which may be of interest to members.
Read more
Figure 1: Iberian White oaks sampling distribution. Sampling locations are placed above the main biogeographic lifezones obtained by modelling deciduous (Temperate-Eurosiberian) and brevi-deciduous/marcescent (Submediterranean) oaks, with the overlap of both lifezones considered to be transitional (Eurosiberian-Submediterranean). Squares represent true roburoid oaks and circles represent former Sect. Dascia and Sect. Galliferae species. Adapted from Vila-Viçosa et al. (2019). Taxon labels reflect the origin
Dendrology
By Editorial Staff
Aug 12, 2026
Quercus robur in Wytham Woods: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
A wide portfolio of defence traits active across a woodland helps maintain the population’s long-term survival
Read more
Spring in Wytham Woods © Paul Trafford. Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence
Dendrology
By Keith Kirby
Aug 12, 2026
California’s Oaks in a Changing Climate: In Conversation with Dr. Blair McLa...
How will California’s iconic oaks fare in a changing climate?
Read more
Mortality of Quercus douglasii. An indication of things to come?  © Blair McLaughlin
Conversations with Conservationists
By Steve Potter
Aug 10, 2026
Book Review: "The Great Oak Tree" by Zoë Armstrong, with illustrat...
The wonder of oaks—for young readers
Read more
The Great Oak Tree cover
Book Reviews
By Steve Potter
Aug 7, 2026
The Climate-Changed Oak at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
A dead red oak painted red as a call to action against climate change.
Read more
Signage from the Climate-Changed Oak exhibit
Dendrology
By Editorial Staff
Aug 6, 2026
Cultivar Close-Up: Quercus ×tottenii ‘Sweet Braude’ from the WashU Arboretum
A closer look at the newly described cultivar selected from the WashU Arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Read more
Quercus ×tottenii ‘Sweet Braude’
Plant Focus
By Cody Azotea
Aug 6, 2026
Conservation Gap Analysis of Select Native Asian Oaks
Report led by The Morton Arboretum will help prioritize oak conservation efforts
Read more
Cover of Select Native Asian Oaks Gap Analysis
Dendrology
By Website Editor
Aug 6, 2026
"Pig Under the Oak" by Ivan Krylov
This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry features a poem by Ivan Krylov
Read more
Ivan Krylov
Oak Poetry
By Website Editor
Jun 19, 2026
In Memoriam: the Major Oak of Sherwood Forest
The famous oak has been declared dead
Read more
The Major Oak by Beth Moon
Dendrology
By Steve Potter
Jun 18, 2026

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