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Hope for California’s Endemic Oaks in a Changing Climate: Further Research

By Steve Potter | August 14, 2026
The provenance trial indicated that valley oak growth declines across much of the low-elevation inland range, and growth increases in several coastal and high-elevation regions under a high-emissions scenario.  Figure from Sork et al. (2026).

Two new papers by Dr. Victoria Sork and colleagues

The Threat to California’s Oaks Is Greater than Had Been Anticipated

By Steve Potter | June 9, 2026
The current Red List status and modelled outlook for the eight Californian oak species, plus tanoak

New paper should significantly change our approach to assessing the risk to oaks from climate change

Ascent of the Oaks

By Website Editor | August 13, 2020
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An article published in Scientific American recounts how advances in genomics have allowed researchers to reconstruct the evolutionary history of oaks.

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Hope for California’s Endemic Oaks in a Changing Climate: Further Research

By Steve Potter | August 14, 2026
The provenance trial indicated that valley oak growth declines across much of the low-elevation inland range, and growth increases in several coastal and high-elevation regions under a high-emissions scenario.  Figure from Sork et al. (2026).

Two new papers by Dr. Victoria Sork and colleagues

The Threat to California’s Oaks Is Greater than Had Been Anticipated

By Steve Potter | June 9, 2026
The current Red List status and modelled outlook for the eight Californian oak species, plus tanoak

New paper should significantly change our approach to assessing the risk to oaks from climate change

Ascent of the Oaks

By Website Editor | August 13, 2020
cover_scientific_american.jpg

An article published in Scientific American recounts how advances in genomics have allowed researchers to reconstruct the evolutionary history of oaks.