cork oak

The World’s Tallest Cork Oak: a Cautionary Tale

By Steve Potter | October 22, 2025

In August of this year, traditionally a quiet month for news, the UK’s Sunday Times ran a story headed “Record-breaking tree grew from the pages of a 100-year-old-book”. It recounted how a M.

By John Nichols | August 4, 2025

It is not every day one would expect to find acorns stuck in the bark of a cork oak (Quercus suber).

The Harvard University Herbaria hosted a novel Oak Taxonomy...

Jeannine Cavender-Bares | Apr 21, 2026

Visits to three collections of Quercus in Buenos Aires...

Morgan Santini | Apr 05, 2026

On April 1st, the very day he turned 103, a great friend...

Francisco Garin Garcia | Apr 05, 2026

Roderick Cameron and Carlos Vila-Viçosa give an account of this intriguing species from northwestern Iberia with a complex taxonomic and...

By Steve Potter | October 22, 2025

In August of this year, traditionally a quiet month for news, the UK’s Sunday Times ran a story headed “Record-breaking tree grew from the pages of a 100-year-old-book”. It recounted how a M.