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Share your oak story in Oaxaca!
Website Editor | Mar 17, 2025
Single stem bleed
Steve Potter reviews decline diseases affecting oaks in the...
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025
Oak Origins by Andrew Hipp
A review of Andrew Hipp's new book
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025

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Quercus ×ludoviciana is a naturally occurring oak hybrid from southeastern United States, which has flourished and attracted attention in...

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Share your oak story in Oaxaca!
Posted Mon, 2025-03-17 02:04 in Website Editor's blog
Back in September 2012, the UK’s BBC TV’s website reported on the recovery of a 5,000-year-old, 44ft (13.4m)
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Posted Mon, 2025-02-17 19:47 in Chris West's blog
I would like to share with the IOS a project that should be of interest to members.
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Posted Fri, 2025-02-14 15:30 in Angelina Wang's blog
Allen Coombes shares observations of unexpected phenology in oaks in the University of Puebla BG.
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Posted Tue, 2025-01-14 12:05 in Allen Coombes's blog
Who was Quercus grahamii named in honor of?
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Posted Tue, 2024-12-17 20:04 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks and aconrs
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Posted Mon, 2024-12-16 13:54 in Website Editor's blog
A project to raise funds to conserve oaks by recording the music they make.
Tana Silverland listening to an acorn
Posted Sat, 2024-12-14 15:19 in Tana Silverland's blog
An Ansel Adams photograph is featured on a postage stamp.
Stamp with Ansel Adams' Oak Tree, Sunset City
Posted Fri, 2024-12-13 15:59 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A beautiful and sonorous name has sunk into synonymy.
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Posted Thu, 2024-10-31 00:50 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Andrew Hipp talked to the legendary Joey Santore about genus Quercus.
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Posted Fri, 2024-08-23 18:41 in Website Editor's blog
The oak depicted on the new coin is a challenge to identify.
New 5p coin - Image: The Royal Mint
Posted Wed, 2024-08-21 12:54 in Steve Potter's blog
A new article investigates patterns of geographic overlap—sympatry—in North American oak species.
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Posted Tue, 2024-08-13 16:14 in Andrew Hipp's blog

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