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Remembering John Fairey, legendary plantsman and founder of the amazing Peckerwood Garden, who sadly passed away March 17, 2020.
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Posted Thu, 2020-05-21 14:55 in Adam Black's blog
James MacEwen reports on encouraging results propagating rare oaks from Mexico and Cuba.
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Posted Tue, 2020-04-28 12:37 in James MacEwen's blog
Two papers report on research that use oak tree-rings to understand aspects of Ancient Rome.
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Posted Sun, 2019-12-15 18:52 in Roderick Cameron's blog
During the month of October, I am posting daily tweets referring to readings related to Quercus.
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Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 19:49 in Andrew Hipp's blog
A stopover in Belize allowed me a day of driving through a natural reserve where I was able to spot about half of the 11 oaks reported to grow in Belize.
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Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 13:48 in Roderick Cameron's blog
The Mendota Dakota tribal community honored arborist Dan Keiser at their annual pow wow in September of 2019.
Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 02:09 in Dan Keiser's blog
In the early summer, when the constant battle against weeds had us nearly to the point of insanity, we decided to escape for a couple of days southwards over the Pyrenees via the Somport Pass...
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Posted Mon, 2019-10-07 23:50 in Shaun Haddock's blog
Everyone who knew Lloyd will be as shocked and saddened as I was to learn of his recent death after a short illness.
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Posted Sat, 2019-08-24 11:29 in Shaun Haddock's blog
Guy Sternberg shares his photographs of the California Pre- and Post-Conference Tours.
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Posted Sun, 2019-06-16 18:44 in Guy Sternberg's blog
A volunteer seedling in Massey University campus in New Zealand turns out to be a rare Mexican oak.
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Posted Sat, 2019-06-15 17:00 in Roderick Cameron's blog
An exchange of emails in April this year discussed the origin of the champion specimen of Quercus look in the US.
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Posted Wed, 2019-06-12 17:37 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Diana Gardener has again forwarded some interesting news items related to oaks and their connection to the manufacture of wines and spirits.
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Posted Wed, 2019-04-17 10:57 in Website Editor's blog

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Group photo at Harvard Herbarium
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Jeannine Cavender-Bares | Apr 21, 2026
Morgan and friends in Argentina
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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
Roderick Cameron and Carlos Vila-Viçosa give an account of this intriguing species from northwestern Iberia with a complex taxonomic and...

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Remembering John Fairey, legendary plantsman and founder of the amazing Peckerwood Garden, who sadly passed away March 17, 2020.
john_fairey1.jpg
Posted Thu, 2020-05-21 14:55 in Adam Black's blog
James MacEwen reports on encouraging results propagating rare oaks from Mexico and Cuba.
do8a9932.jpg
Posted Tue, 2020-04-28 12:37 in James MacEwen's blog
Two papers report on research that use oak tree-rings to understand aspects of Ancient Rome.
journal.pone_.0224077.g003.jpg
Posted Sun, 2019-12-15 18:52 in Roderick Cameron's blog
During the month of October, I am posting daily tweets referring to readings related to Quercus.
collage.jpg
Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 19:49 in Andrew Hipp's blog
A stopover in Belize allowed me a day of driving through a natural reserve where I was able to spot about half of the 11 oaks reported to grow in Belize.
20190928_151154.jpg
Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 13:48 in Roderick Cameron's blog
The Mendota Dakota tribal community honored arborist Dan Keiser at their annual pow wow in September of 2019.
Posted Sat, 2019-10-12 02:09 in Dan Keiser's blog
In the early summer, when the constant battle against weeds had us nearly to the point of insanity, we decided to escape for a couple of days southwards over the Pyrenees via the Somport Pass...
chapter_house_detail_3.jpg
Posted Mon, 2019-10-07 23:50 in Shaun Haddock's blog
Everyone who knew Lloyd will be as shocked and saddened as I was to learn of his recent death after a short illness.
lloyd_kenyon.jpg
Posted Sat, 2019-08-24 11:29 in Shaun Haddock's blog
Guy Sternberg shares his photographs of the California Pre- and Post-Conference Tours.
california_ios_2018-auto-web_slide_1.jpg
Posted Sun, 2019-06-16 18:44 in Guy Sternberg's blog
A volunteer seedling in Massey University campus in New Zealand turns out to be a rare Mexican oak.
20190413_160831.jpg
Posted Sat, 2019-06-15 17:00 in Roderick Cameron's blog
An exchange of emails in April this year discussed the origin of the champion specimen of Quercus look in the US.
5._bartlett_look.jpg
Posted Wed, 2019-06-12 17:37 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Diana Gardener has again forwarded some interesting news items related to oaks and their connection to the manufacture of wines and spirits.
large-myers-1685-1.jpg
Posted Wed, 2019-04-17 10:57 in Website Editor's blog

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