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The urban forest provides municipalities, homeowners, business owners, and visitors with many wonderful benefits, but it can also present unique problems. Urban trees may reach proportions...
Posted Sun, 2015-05-31 15:10 in Ryan Russell's blog
The upcoming IOS Conference for the first time will feature a silent auction. The proceeds will fund scholarships for students wishing to attend the 2018 Conference.
Posted Sat, 2015-05-30 16:41 in Ryan Russell's blog
After taking charge of my father's oak collection in 2009, I noticed that several of the trees had forks in the trunks and hence co-dominant stems.
Posted Fri, 2015-05-29 16:07 in Roderick Cameron's blog
On April 25 Grigadale Arboretum in Argentina received a small group of visitors for its first Oak Day.
acorn_buffet.jpg
Posted Thu, 2015-05-28 19:18 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Peter Young's book Oak and an anecdote about South African oaks.
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 20:14 in Trompenburg Gardens and Arboretum's blog
Here are some photos of four grafted oak cultivars at Pavia Nursery as they began to leaf out this spring.
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 18:37 in Dirk Benoit's blog
Ever since I was interested in oaks, there was one species most desirable for me, and for many other people interested in oaks: Quercus insignis  M. Martens & Galeotti (1843).
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 12:24 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
The following is a translation of the press release issued by INRA on May 10, 2015.
Posted Thu, 2015-05-14 12:22 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
The Arboretum des Pouyouleix (the French National Collection for the genus Quercus) now has a website. Many parts are still under construction, notably the accessions list.
Posted Sun, 2015-04-19 07:00 in Béatrice Chassé's blog
Last week I went to an Art and Antiques Fair and found the scuplture ilustrated here.
Posted Mon, 2015-03-23 15:51 in Harriet Tupper's blog
Alexandra Todorovic-Jones, a graduate student at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies contacted us through the website to draw our attention to her project.
Posted Sun, 2015-03-15 16:20 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Wood samples can tell us something about how growth rates are affected by environment. 
Posted Fri, 2015-03-13 19:44 in Alana McKean's blog

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The urban forest provides municipalities, homeowners, business owners, and visitors with many wonderful benefits, but it can also present unique problems. Urban trees may reach proportions...
Posted Sun, 2015-05-31 15:10 in Ryan Russell's blog
The upcoming IOS Conference for the first time will feature a silent auction. The proceeds will fund scholarships for students wishing to attend the 2018 Conference.
Posted Sat, 2015-05-30 16:41 in Ryan Russell's blog
After taking charge of my father's oak collection in 2009, I noticed that several of the trees had forks in the trunks and hence co-dominant stems.
Posted Fri, 2015-05-29 16:07 in Roderick Cameron's blog
On April 25 Grigadale Arboretum in Argentina received a small group of visitors for its first Oak Day.
acorn_buffet.jpg
Posted Thu, 2015-05-28 19:18 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Peter Young's book Oak and an anecdote about South African oaks.
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 20:14 in Trompenburg Gardens and Arboretum's blog
Here are some photos of four grafted oak cultivars at Pavia Nursery as they began to leaf out this spring.
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 18:37 in Dirk Benoit's blog
Ever since I was interested in oaks, there was one species most desirable for me, and for many other people interested in oaks: Quercus insignis  M. Martens & Galeotti (1843).
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 12:24 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
The following is a translation of the press release issued by INRA on May 10, 2015.
Posted Thu, 2015-05-14 12:22 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
The Arboretum des Pouyouleix (the French National Collection for the genus Quercus) now has a website. Many parts are still under construction, notably the accessions list.
Posted Sun, 2015-04-19 07:00 in Béatrice Chassé's blog
Last week I went to an Art and Antiques Fair and found the scuplture ilustrated here.
Posted Mon, 2015-03-23 15:51 in Harriet Tupper's blog
Alexandra Todorovic-Jones, a graduate student at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies contacted us through the website to draw our attention to her project.
Posted Sun, 2015-03-15 16:20 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Wood samples can tell us something about how growth rates are affected by environment. 
Posted Fri, 2015-03-13 19:44 in Alana McKean's blog

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