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Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel

By Website Editor | August 12, 2026
Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen

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

Species Spotlight: Quercus canariensis Willd.

By Antonio Lambe | February 16, 2026
Quercus canariensis in Cornwall Park, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand, the champion specimen in New Zealand, planted in the 1920s, 27.2 m tall with a trunk diameter of 209 cm (G. Collett pers. comm. 2026) © Gerald Collett

Antonio Lambe shares his views on this threatened oak native to Iberia and North Africa

Species Spotlight: Quercus vulcanica Boiss. & Heldr. ex Kotschy

By Elif Deniz Ülker | October 23, 2025
Quercus vulcanica acorn and leaves

An oak endemic to Turkey

Species Spotlight: Quercus persica Jaub. & Spach

By Website Editor | February 10, 2025
Quercus persica acorns

Parisa Panahi and Mehdi Pourhashemi train the follow spot on a rare Iranian oak

OC&R Committee Announces Second Round of Grant Funding

By Amy Byrne | February 15, 2023
Quercus marlipoensis

Eight conservation projects supported by the OC&R Fund

Finding His Roots: Michael Eason's Journey in Conservation

By Amy Byrne | February 15, 2023
Michael Eason hiking in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to observe Washingtonia filifera in situ

Currently at San Antonio Botanic Garden, Michael's work has focused on conservation

The Morton Arboretum Guides Ex-Situ Collections of Quercus acerifolia

By Sean Hoban | February 10, 2023
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The Tree Conservation Biology lab at The Morton Arboretum contributed an article to the Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership newsletter, Samara.

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Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen
Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel
The only oak species endemic to Africa is rare in cultivation. It shouldn't be.
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Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel

By Website Editor | August 12, 2026
Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen

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

Species Spotlight: Quercus canariensis Willd.

By Antonio Lambe | February 16, 2026
Quercus canariensis in Cornwall Park, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand, the champion specimen in New Zealand, planted in the 1920s, 27.2 m tall with a trunk diameter of 209 cm (G. Collett pers. comm. 2026) © Gerald Collett

Antonio Lambe shares his views on this threatened oak native to Iberia and North Africa

Species Spotlight: Quercus vulcanica Boiss. & Heldr. ex Kotschy

By Elif Deniz Ülker | October 23, 2025
Quercus vulcanica acorn and leaves

An oak endemic to Turkey

Species Spotlight: Quercus persica Jaub. & Spach

By Website Editor | February 10, 2025
Quercus persica acorns

Parisa Panahi and Mehdi Pourhashemi train the follow spot on a rare Iranian oak

OC&R Committee Announces Second Round of Grant Funding

By Amy Byrne | February 15, 2023
Quercus marlipoensis

Eight conservation projects supported by the OC&R Fund

Finding His Roots: Michael Eason's Journey in Conservation

By Amy Byrne | February 15, 2023
Michael Eason hiking in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to observe Washingtonia filifera in situ

Currently at San Antonio Botanic Garden, Michael's work has focused on conservation

The Morton Arboretum Guides Ex-Situ Collections of Quercus acerifolia

By Sean Hoban | February 10, 2023
img_7986.jpg

The Tree Conservation Biology lab at The Morton Arboretum contributed an article to the Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership newsletter, Samara.