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Veteran oaks are under threat of being removed
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Posted Sat, 2023-12-23 13:48 in Hugo Ribeiro's blog
A new stamp issued by the United States Post Office in August 2023 depicts an oak, though not in a form that most quercophiles would recognize.
Oak featured on a new US stamp
Posted Sun, 2023-12-10 13:33 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A visit to Białowieża Forest in Poland
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Posted Mon, 2023-10-23 12:26 in Amit Zoran's blog
Chevithorne Barton hosted an Oak Study Day on July 21, 2023
An unusual acorn...© Chris West
Posted Mon, 2023-08-07 18:41 in Chris West's blog
Beech Leaf Disease is attacking Fagus species in North America.
Beech tree leaf disease
Posted Tue, 2023-06-20 19:52 in Website Editor's blog
The IOS recently received an inquiry from Jim Conrad about a strange phenomenon he observed on a twig of a Quercus
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Posted Tue, 2023-06-20 19:51 in Website Editor's blog
A new oak-themed mural beautifies an old brick wall in downtown Woodland, California.
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Posted Wed, 2023-06-14 15:02 in Website Editor's blog
Shakespeare mentions oaks more than any other tree.
Falstaff at Hern's Oak
Posted Sun, 2023-04-23 15:56 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Hans-Cees Speel shares news of the website he created, which includes numerous photos of 64 oak taxa. 
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Posted Wed, 2023-04-19 11:10 in Hans-Cees Speel's blog
Tim Boland brought to our attention an interesting discussion of dispersal of acorns by Blue Jays (
Blue Jays and Oaks by Jay Wright
Posted Sun, 2023-04-16 13:56 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Maricela Rodríguez interviewed staff and owners at key oak collections in the UK. 
Propagating oaks by cuttings
Posted Sun, 2023-04-16 13:10 in Website Editor's blog
Angela Moskow shared some disturbing accounts of oak poisonings.
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Posted Sun, 2023-04-16 10:01 in Website Editor's blog

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Veteran oaks are under threat of being removed
img_20231104_142221_mp.jpg
Posted Sat, 2023-12-23 13:48 in Hugo Ribeiro's blog
A new stamp issued by the United States Post Office in August 2023 depicts an oak, though not in a form that most quercophiles would recognize.
Oak featured on a new US stamp
Posted Sun, 2023-12-10 13:33 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A visit to Białowieża Forest in Poland
photo_3_0.jpg
Posted Mon, 2023-10-23 12:26 in Amit Zoran's blog
Chevithorne Barton hosted an Oak Study Day on July 21, 2023
An unusual acorn...© Chris West
Posted Mon, 2023-08-07 18:41 in Chris West's blog
Beech Leaf Disease is attacking Fagus species in North America.
Beech tree leaf disease
Posted Tue, 2023-06-20 19:52 in Website Editor's blog
The IOS recently received an inquiry from Jim Conrad about a strange phenomenon he observed on a twig of a Quercus
q_rugos2.jpg
Posted Tue, 2023-06-20 19:51 in Website Editor's blog
A new oak-themed mural beautifies an old brick wall in downtown Woodland, California.
photo_4_0.jpg
Posted Wed, 2023-06-14 15:02 in Website Editor's blog
Shakespeare mentions oaks more than any other tree.
Falstaff at Hern's Oak
Posted Sun, 2023-04-23 15:56 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Hans-Cees Speel shares news of the website he created, which includes numerous photos of 64 oak taxa. 
quercus_affinis_mexican_laurelleaf_oak1l.jpg
Posted Wed, 2023-04-19 11:10 in Hans-Cees Speel's blog
Tim Boland brought to our attention an interesting discussion of dispersal of acorns by Blue Jays (
Blue Jays and Oaks by Jay Wright
Posted Sun, 2023-04-16 13:56 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Maricela Rodríguez interviewed staff and owners at key oak collections in the UK. 
Propagating oaks by cuttings
Posted Sun, 2023-04-16 13:10 in Website Editor's blog
Angela Moskow shared some disturbing accounts of oak poisonings.
how_to_kill_an_oak_page_1.jpg
Posted Sun, 2023-04-16 10:01 in Website Editor's blog

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