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Message from the IOS President included in Oak News & Notes (August 2025)
IOS logo
Posted Fri, 2025-08-22 14:57 in Website Editor's blog
Support the IOS by donating items for the Silent Auction
Silent auction at Las Cruces
Posted Fri, 2025-08-22 13:57 in Ryan Russell's blog
A highly entertaining podcast focusing on a rare Californian oak hybrid.
Quercus xmunzii
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:45 in Website Editor's blog
Cows caught munching Quercus robur acorns
Cattle eating acorns
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:00 in Website Editor's blog
It is not every day one would expect to find acorns stuck in the bark of a cork oak (Quercus suber).
Acorns Cached in Cork
Posted Mon, 2025-08-04 21:46 in John Nichols's blog
I am carrying out a long-term study of the ecology of Quercus robur, including insect herbivore impacts on girth increment.
Chart of acorn crops over time
Posted Mon, 2025-08-04 21:26 in Mick Crawley's blog
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

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Message from the IOS President included in Oak News & Notes (August 2025)
IOS logo
Posted Fri, 2025-08-22 14:57 in Website Editor's blog
Support the IOS by donating items for the Silent Auction
Silent auction at Las Cruces
Posted Fri, 2025-08-22 13:57 in Ryan Russell's blog
A highly entertaining podcast focusing on a rare Californian oak hybrid.
Quercus xmunzii
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:45 in Website Editor's blog
Cows caught munching Quercus robur acorns
Cattle eating acorns
Posted Tue, 2025-08-05 11:00 in Website Editor's blog
It is not every day one would expect to find acorns stuck in the bark of a cork oak (Quercus suber).
Acorns Cached in Cork
Posted Mon, 2025-08-04 21:46 in John Nichols's blog
I am carrying out a long-term study of the ecology of Quercus robur, including insect herbivore impacts on girth increment.
Chart of acorn crops over time
Posted Mon, 2025-08-04 21:26 in Mick Crawley's blog
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

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

Supporting Institutional Members

The John Fairey Garden

Standard Institutional Members

Bartlett Tree Experts logo
Catalina Island Conservancy logo
Forrest Keeling Nursery logo
Houston Botanic Garden logo
KOAGI logo
Oak Spring Foundation
Rice University
San Diego Botanic Garden logo
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance logo
South Carolina Botanical Garden
The Huntington