oak biodiversity

"Oaks: the Backbone of Mexico" – New Documentary Film

By Website Editor | February 17, 2026

Past IOS President Allen Coombes, Curator of Scientific Collections at Puebla University Botanic Garden, discusses leaf variability in Quercus ceirpes (still image from the documentary)

A new documentary by Maricela Rodríguez Acosta

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The Strange Reappearance of Britain’s ‘Lost Rainforests’ (or The Power of Marketing)

By Steve Potter | June 27, 2025

Possibly the only famous fragment of temperate rainforest in Britain: Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor, Devon © Alan Hunt - reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

A campaign to conserve ancient oak woodland in the UK

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Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee

By Editorial Staff | June 24, 2025

Plaque in Tom Lee Park - Image kindly provided by Laryn Bakker

The new design of an urban oak features many oak species

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Book Review: Being an Oak – Life as a Tree

By Steve Potter | June 24, 2025

The reconstructed life story of a single Quercus petraea in the heart of Rambouillet.

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Editor's Picks

Data Request for Gap Analysis of Western Eurasian and North African Oaks

Website Editor | Oct 26, 2026

In Memoriam: Julianne Skai Arbor (1969–2026)

We were shocked to learn that Julianne Skai Arbor, also...

Website Editor | Oct 26, 2026

Oak Decline in Zagros Forests: A Review of History, Causes, Extent, and Management Strategies with Emphasis on Field Monitoring Results

Over the past two decades, the Zagros forests have been...

Mehdi Pourhashemi | Oct 10, 2026

Plant Focus

Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel

The only oak species endemic to Africa is rare in cultivation. It shouldn't be.