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10th International Oak Society Conference 2022: Session Recordings

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Intro

The IOS is pleased to share videos of the presentations and workshops that took place during the Conference in Las Cruces. Most of these are also written up in issue No. 34 of International Oaks, the IOS Journal.

Click on the titles in green to access videos of the sessions listed below. (Note that due to technical mishaps, recordings of two sessions are not available.)

Sessions

August 30

Opening Reception – Sponsored by Soil Secrets

  • Welcome - Ryan Russell, IOS Conference Committee Chair
  • Keynote: Islands in the Desert Southwest, "Welcome to New Mexico" - Jeff Anderson, New Mexico State University

August 31

Welcome to Las Cruces & IOS Presidential Address

  • Dina Chacon-Rietzel, New Mexico State University
  • Shaun Haddock, International Oak Society

Keynote: An Introduction to the Chihuahuan Desert and its Oak Diversity 

  • Adam Black, Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum
  • Michael Eason, San Antonio Botanical Garden

The Fagaceae Kingdom of Taiwan - An Area That Needs to Take Conservation Measures

  • Fuh-Jiun Pan, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Yueh-Fong Chen, Kuoh-Cheng Yang, Fu-Che Pan, Ai-Kuang Tung

​​​New and Lesser-Known Cultivars 2022

  • Ryan Russell, Stephens Lake Park Arboretum

Sternberg’s Oak, Quercus ×sternbergii (Fagaceae), a New US Hybrid in Section Lobatae

  • Thierry Lamant, Office national des forêts
  • Allen Coombes
    (presented by Roderick Cameron)

Phylogenomic Analyses Highlight Innovation and Introgression in the Continental Radiations of Fagaceae across the Northern Hemisphere

  • Paul Manos, Duke University
    • Baosheng Wang, Biao-Feng Zhou

45 Years and 4000 Trees Later: Stanford University Oak Regeneration - Techniques, Lessons, and Warnings

  • Dave Muffly, Oaktopia

Natural Recruitment and Expansion of Holm-Oak Benefits from the Presence of Prickly Juniper (recording not available)

  • Joao Carvalho, University Tras os Montes Alto Douro

Saving the Champion Oak from Wildfire and Post-fire Recovery

  • Tim Krantz, The Wildlands Conservancy

The Rectification of Oak Names

  • Roderick Cameron, Grigadale Arboretum

Wildlife Habitat Restoration in Oregon's Willamette Valley - USA (recording not available)

  • Mark Krautmann, Heritage Seedlings & Liners

Israeli Oaks: A Contemporary Portal to Ancient Knowledge

  • Amit Raphael Zoran, HUJI

Climate Adaptation Planning for your Oak Collection

  • Emily Griswold, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden
    • Matt Lobdell, Murphy Westwood

The Use of Acorns as a Staple Food in our Diet

  • Hendrik Brand

Member's Meeting


September 1

Announcements; the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak

  • Murphy Westwood, Amy Byrne, The Morton Arboretum

Keynote: Establishing Deeply Rooted Conservation Accessions and Partnerships to Preserve Quercus cedrosensis at the San Diego Botanic Garden

  • Tony Gurnoe, San Diego Botanic Garden

Species Diversity and Conservation Plan for Oaks in Laos

  • Phetlasy Souladeth, National University of Laos

Sexual Reproduction Process in Oaks

  • Min Deng, Yunnan University

Climate Niche Evolution of the Cycle-cup Oaks (Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis) Shed Light on the Formation of Evergreen Broadleaf Forests in Eastern Asia

  • Dong-Mei Jin

GCCO Mexico and Central America: Advances and Challenges (Virtual Presentation)

  • Maricela Rodríguez, GCCO
    • Allen Coombes

Phylogeny of Latin American Oaks

  • Andrew Hipp, The Morton Arboretum
    • Marlene Hahn, Silvia Alvarez Clare, Allen Coombes, M. Socorro González-Elizondo, Antonio González-Rodríguez, Paul Manos, Maricela Rodríguez Acosta, Hernando Rodríguez Correa, Amy Byrne, Murphy Westwood

A New Conservation Program for the Mapleleaf Oak (Quercus acerifolia), an Endangered Oak Species in Arkansas

  • Mark Coggeshall, University of Missouri
    • Ryan Russell

Patterns of Adaptive and Neutral Genetic Population Structure in Two Hybridizing Californian White Oaks (Quercus sect. Quercus)

  • Scott O'Donnell, UCLA

Shoot Tip Cryopreservation for Conserving Oak Biodiversity Ex Situ

  • Valerie Pence, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden-CREW
    • Gillian Ross

Creating a Stress-Free Culture: Improving Shoot Survival In Vitro Through Ethylene Inhibition

  • Max Winkeljohn, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden-CREW

California’s Oak Habitat for Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate Species

  • Angela Moskow, California State Wildlife Foundation

US Navy's 20-year Quercus tomentella Restoration program on San Clemente Island (Virtual Presentation)

  • Julie Lambert, Soil Ecology and Restoration Group

Meeting of the IUFRO Working Group on “Evolution and Adaptation of Fagaceae and Nothofagaceae”

  • Chuck Cannon, The Morton Arboretum
    • Oliver Brendel, Keiko Kitamura

Time to grow - Cultivation, Conservation, Collaboration

  • Maricela Rodríguez, GCCO
    • Ryan Russell

Exploring a Conservation Gap Analysis Methodology: Overview of Our Progress and a Space for Adaptation and Application

  • Emily Beckman, The Morton Arboretum
    • Amy Byrne, Silvia Alvarez- Clare, Tony Gurnoe, Sean Hoban, Abby Meyer, Murphy Westwood, Patrick Thompson


September 2

The Albany Pine Bush: An Inland Pine Barrens Ecosystem Serving as a Local Oak Hotspot in Upstate New York

  • Philip Crim, The College of Saint Rose

Taking to the Streets - Program and Technique to Bring Periodic and Summer Drought Native and Adapted Oaks into Standard Use

  • Sean Hogan, Cistus Design Nursery/ Portland Botanical Gardens

Increasing Climate, Ecosystem, and Stewardship Resiliency in Southern New England Oak Forests

  • Christopher Riely, Sweet Birch Consulting/University of Rhode Island

Quantifying Exposure to Introgressive Hybridization and Its Potential Conservation Consequences: The Oak Syngameon as a Case Study

  • Chuck Cannon, The Morton Arboretum
    • Emily Beckman Bruns, Andrew Hipp, Sean Hoban, Isabel Loza

My Journey with Oaks to a New Quercetum

  • James Harris, Mallet Court Nursery
    (presented by Roderick Cameron)

New Oak Nursery Introductions for California

  • Dave Muffly, Oaktopia
    • David Teuschler

Closing Remarks

  • Ryan Russell, Roderick Cameron

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