"The Oak" by Alfred Tennyson

By Website Editor | October 29, 2025

A human life and an oak through the seasons

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"La quercia caduta" by Giovanni Pascoli

By Roderick Cameron | June 28, 2025

Giovanni Pascoli

A meditation on a fallen oak

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Extract from "Oak" by Katharine Towers

By Website Editor | December 20, 2024

Oak by Katharine Towers

An extract from Oak, a book by British poet Katharine Towers

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"A um carvalho" by Miguel Torga

By Website Editor | October 25, 2024

A Quercus faginea known as "carvalho da Pedreira" on the riverbanks of Nabão, Pedreira, Centro, Portugal © Jorge A.Gonçalves, source: monumentaltrees.com

This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry was proposed by Hugo Ribeiro, IOS member from Portugal.

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"Burning Oak, November" by Joyce Carol Oates

By Website Editor | October 20, 2022

Joyce Carol Oates - Source: Twitter

The fourth in a series of posts of poems featuring oaks.

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"Oxblood" by James Lasdun

By Website Editor | December 7, 2021

Oxblood color

The first in a series of posts of poems featuring oaks.

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Editor's Picks

Group photo at Harvard Herbarium

Taxonomists Huddle at Harvard

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

Jeannine Cavender-Bares | Apr 21, 2026

Morgan and friends in Argentina

Argentine Oak Collections through Italian Eyes

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

Morgan Santini | Apr 05, 2026

Michel Duhart and Paco Garin at Jardín Botánico Wilson, Costa Rica

In Memoriam: Michel Duhart (1923–2026)

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

Francisco Garin Garcia | Apr 05, 2026

Plant Focus

Quercus orocantabrica

Species Spotlight: Quercus orocantabrica Rivas Mart., Penas, T.E.Díaz & Llamas

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

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oak poetry

"The Oak" by Alfred Tennyson

By Website Editor | October 29, 2025

A human life and an oak through the seasons

Read more about "The Oak" by Alfred Tennyson

"La quercia caduta" by Giovanni Pascoli

By Roderick Cameron | June 28, 2025

Giovanni Pascoli

A meditation on a fallen oak

Read more about "La quercia caduta" by Giovanni Pascoli

Extract from "Oak" by Katharine Towers

By Website Editor | December 20, 2024

Oak by Katharine Towers

An extract from Oak, a book by British poet Katharine Towers

Read more about Extract from "Oak" by Katharine Towers

"A um carvalho" by Miguel Torga

By Website Editor | October 25, 2024

A Quercus faginea known as "carvalho da Pedreira" on the riverbanks of Nabão, Pedreira, Centro, Portugal © Jorge A.Gonçalves, source: monumentaltrees.com

This new entry in our series on Oak Poetry was proposed by Hugo Ribeiro, IOS member from Portugal.

Read more about "A um carvalho" by Miguel Torga

"Burning Oak, November" by Joyce Carol Oates

By Website Editor | October 20, 2022

Joyce Carol Oates - Source: Twitter

The fourth in a series of posts of poems featuring oaks.

Read more about "Burning Oak, November" by Joyce Carol Oates

"Oxblood" by James Lasdun

By Website Editor | December 7, 2021

Oxblood color

The first in a series of posts of poems featuring oaks.

Read more about "Oxblood" by James Lasdun

The International Oak Society acknowledges the generous support of the following institutions:

Supporting Institutional Members

Standard Institutional Members

Rice University

South Carolina Botanical Garden

The International Oak Society acknowledges the generous support of the following institutions:

Supporting Institutional Members

Standard Institutional Members

Rice University

South Carolina Botanical Garden