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Group photos Texas OODs
Five days of oaking in the Lone Star State.
Roderick Cameron | Oct 21, 2023
Tour Participants on Fiddler Peak
An account of the Tour guided by Sean Hogan
Website Editor | Oct 19, 2023
Quercus pacifica
An collection specializing in native Californian oaks
Christina Varnava | Oct 18, 2023

Plant Focus

A small but mature Alabama sandstone oak producing acorns © Patrick Thompson
A Critically Endangered dwarf oak 

Fagaceae

IOS Tour of Oregon, September 2023

Tour Participants on Fiddler Peak

An account of the Tour guided by Sean Hogan

A work visit to Taiwan highlights the need to conserve vulnerable Fagaceae species.

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Five IOS members were invited to participate in an International Conservation Symposium in Taiwan.

A Fagaceae Species That Has Flummoxed Taxonomists

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An encounter in Taiwan with a genus in Fagaceae I had never heard of.

A new species of Stone Oak from Thailand

A member of the International Oaks group on Facebook (moderated by IOS member Jeroen Braakman) posted a link to the following item. 

A new species of Lithocarpus, known commonly as Stone Oak, was discovered in the Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand.