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A campaign to conserve ancient oak woodland in the UK
Possibly the only famous fragment of temperate rainforest in Britain: Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor, Devon © Alan Hunt - reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0
Posted Fri, 2025-06-27 19:01 in Steve Potter's blog
The story behind acorn snacks enjoyed on IOS Tours last year
Posted Fri, 2025-06-27 11:36 in Editorial Staff's blog
Many trees have been lost due to an intense storm on May 15
Catalpa destroyed by tornado
Posted Mon, 2025-05-26 19:46 in Guy Sternberg's blog
What you can find by searching for "International Oak Society" on YouTube
Still from Christof van Hulle video
Posted Tue, 2025-04-22 16:28 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)
bog_oak_bowls.jpg
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.
Growing Oaks logo
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.
obs6.jpg
Posted Tue, 2025-01-14 12:05 in Allen Coombes's blog
Who was Quercus grahamii named in honor of?
q._grahamii_beatrice.jpg
Posted Tue, 2024-12-17 20:04 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks and acorns
Image from Enarrationes
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.
20240927_115114.jpg
Posted Thu, 2024-10-31 00:50 in Roderick Cameron's blog

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Editor's Picks

Group photo at Harvard Herbarium
The Harvard University Herbaria hosted a novel Oak Taxonomy...
Jeannine Cavender-Bares | Apr 21, 2026
Morgan and friends in Argentina
Visits to three collections of Quercus in Buenos Aires...
Morgan Santini | Apr 05, 2026
Michel Duhart and Paco Garin at Jardín Botánico Wilson, Costa Rica
On April 1st, the very day he turned 103, a great friend...
Francisco Garin Garcia | Apr 05, 2026

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Quercus orocantabrica
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A campaign to conserve ancient oak woodland in the UK
Possibly the only famous fragment of temperate rainforest in Britain: Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor, Devon © Alan Hunt - reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0
Posted Fri, 2025-06-27 19:01 in Steve Potter's blog
The story behind acorn snacks enjoyed on IOS Tours last year
Posted Fri, 2025-06-27 11:36 in Editorial Staff's blog
Many trees have been lost due to an intense storm on May 15
Catalpa destroyed by tornado
Posted Mon, 2025-05-26 19:46 in Guy Sternberg's blog
What you can find by searching for "International Oak Society" on YouTube
Still from Christof van Hulle video
Posted Tue, 2025-04-22 16:28 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)
bog_oak_bowls.jpg
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.
Growing Oaks logo
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.
obs6.jpg
Posted Tue, 2025-01-14 12:05 in Allen Coombes's blog
Who was Quercus grahamii named in honor of?
q._grahamii_beatrice.jpg
Posted Tue, 2024-12-17 20:04 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A 16th century commentary on the medicinal property of oaks and acorns
Image from Enarrationes
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.
20240927_115114.jpg
Posted Thu, 2024-10-31 00:50 in Roderick Cameron's blog

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The International Oak Society acknowledges the generous support of the following institutions:

Supporting Institutional Members

 

Standard Institutional Members

Rice University
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance logo
South Carolina Botanical Garden

 

The Huntington
The John Fairey Garden