Editor's Picks
The Harvard University Herbaria hosted a novel Oak Taxonomy...
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
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Apr 21, 2026
Visits to three collections of Quercus in Buenos Aires...
Morgan Santini
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Apr 05, 2026
On April 1st, the very day he turned 103, a great friend...
Francisco Garin Garcia
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Apr 05, 2026
Plant Focus
Roderick Cameron and Carlos Vila-Viçosa give an account of this intriguing species from northwestern Iberia with a complex taxonomic and...
Ancient tree specialist Rob McBride contacted our website to share some of his work on oaks. A self-styled “tree hunter”, Rob campaigns to raise public awareness of veteran, heritage, and ancient trees, encouraging their protection—or lamenting their preventable demise. Follow the links below to view his rich stories concerning outstanding oaks in the British Isles.
- Discovering a 10-meter girth oak: Eaton Manor Violet Oak
- The fall of the largest-girthed oak in Wales: The Pontfadog Oak
- Propagating The Pontfadog Oak
- Campaign to save a great Welsh Oak pollard, c. 500 yrs old
- Searching for the new Champion Oak of Wales
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