Quercus robur

Oaks in Scotland: An Unresolved Question?

By Steve Potter | April 17, 2025

Is Q. robur invading Q. petraea populations or is it the other way around?

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Quercus What? The Oak on the UK’s New 5p Coin

By Steve Potter | August 21, 2024

The oak depicted on the new coin is a challenge to identify.

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(Even More) Northernmost Oaks!

By David Oliver | June 28, 2024

David Oliver and the northernmost oak (to date)

Oaks found close to the 70th parallel north

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The World’s Northernmost Oak?

By Website Editor | August 14, 2023

The oak tree in Skjomendalen © Gerhard Sørensen-Fuglem and Cecilia Piccirilli Bjerkeset

An oak grows north of the Arctic Circle in Norway

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The Royal Oaks of Penrice Castle, Wales

By Steve Potter | August 6, 2023

Miss Emily Talbot helps plant an oak (number 1 or 2, Quercus ×rosacea aff. robur), 1904; image courtesy Thomas Methuen-Campbell

What species of oak were planted by Royals at Penrice?

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The Kaive Oak

By Website Editor | June 14, 2022

In a meadow in the parish of Sēme, municipality of Tukums, Latvia, some 500 m from Kaive Manor, stands the Kaive Oak.

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Editor's Picks

Yoko’s Oaks

"Japanese oaks" planted at Coventry Cathedral

Steve Potter | Dec 21, 2025

Post-Conference Tour: Oaxaca

Six days exploring Oaxaca’s oak diversity, as reported by...

Wally Wilkins | Dec 10, 2025

One of the first planted circles on Hampton Common, London, in partnership with Orleans House Gallery 2025. © Studio Ackroyd & Harvey

Virtuous Circles: Oaks and the Art of Ackroyd & Harvey

Oaks planted in circles as a continuation of the artwork...

Steve Potter | Dec 10, 2025

Plant Focus

Species Spotlight: Quercus castaneifolia C.A.Mey

Chestnut-leaf oak in habitat and in cultivation