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The oak tree in Skjomendalen © Gerhard Sørensen-Fuglem and Cecilia Piccirilli Bjerkeset
An oak grows north of the Arctic Circle in Norway
Website Editor | Aug 14, 2023
Unusual symptoms linked to phytoplasma infection in Quercus humboldtiii, Colombia © Eric Boa
Symptoms linked to phytoplasma infection found in Quercus...
Website Editor | Aug 06, 2023
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Different names are being used for one species.
Website Editor | Jun 20, 2023

Plant Focus

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

Quercus

Maricela Rodríguez, GCCO Mexico and Central America Coordinator in Antigua, Guatemala

Currently the GCCO Coordinator for Mexico and Latin America, Maricela leads a group of professionals and amateurs interested in oaks and their conservation.

Oaks in Shakespeare

Falstaff at Hern's Oak

Shakespeare mentions oaks more than any other tree.

Oaks Featured On Bomengids (Tree Guide) Website

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Hans-Cees Speel shares news of the website he created, which includes numerous photos of 64 oak taxa. 

Burke Oak Collection at New York Botanical Garden

The Coleman and Susan Burke Oak Collection at The New York Botanical Garden features more than 150 oaks representing 44 taxa

Shaun Haddock receives an award for Eike Jablonski

Service awards recognize contributions to genus Quercus and to the IOS

The 10th IOS Conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico

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The traditional triennial gathering took place in the shadows of the Organ Mountains.

A Documentary Film about an Oak and Its Universe

Le Chene

Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux spend a year with a magnificent oak tree to document its inhabitants.

Oaks on Postage Stamps

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It turns out quite a number of countries have issued stamps featuring oaks...

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