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Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy and the Kotschy Oak
Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy was an Austrian botanist and...
Eike Jablonski | Jun 11, 2016
Quercus grisea - Greenlee County, AZ
New Mexico 2017
This article is an account of the oak field trip organized...
Charles Snyers | Sep 22, 2017
American Oaks Share a Common Northern Ancestor
North American oaks have a northern temperate origin and...
Website Editor | Oct 12, 2017

Plant Focus

Quercus acutissima subsp. kingii
Species Spotlight: Quercus acutissima subsp. kingii Menitsky
Quercus acutissima Carruth. is a species whose natural distribution covers a vast territory in East and Southeast Asia, from central Nepal...

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The Oaks of Anlaby: the Forgotten Oak Treasures of South Australia’s Barossa Valley

By Website Editor | March 8, 2015

A brief survey of notable oaks at Anlaby, currently the largest collection of National Trust registered heritage trees in one location under private ownership in Australia.

Vegetative Propagation of Oaks in Iturraran

By Website Editor | March 8, 2015

by Francisco Garín and José Almandoz
Jardín Botánico de Iturraran, Spain

Originally published in Oak News & Notes, Vol. 19, No. 1

The genus Quercus includes around 450 species distributed across the Temperate and Subtropical Zones of the Northern Hemisphere.  Many species are practically unobtainable in commercial nurseries, and for that reason it is very difficult to create new collections that include species other than the more ordinary ones.

Oaks and Herbicide

By Roderick Cameron | February 24, 2015

What happens to oaks after a mild dose of agricultural grade herbicide?

Flood-resistant Oaks?

By Roderick Cameron | February 23, 2015

After losing young oaks to flooding, I am on the look out for species that might not mind having their feet in water for a while.

Oaks on Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland

By Roderick Cameron | August 22, 2014

Quercus on Ardnamurchan Peninsula, the most westerly point of mainland Britain.

CCSV13: In Search of Vietnam’s Elusive Oaks

By Béatrice Chassé | March 31, 2014
Castanopsis fissa, Ha Giang Province

From October 24  to November 17, 2013, Olivier Colin, Charles Snyers, and Béatrice Chassé explored Northern Vietnam with the aim of finding its oaks.

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