All the different types of oak trees means there are options for just about any yard and growing condition. “Oaks are so diverse, with nearly 500 species of all shapes and sizes,” says author ...

More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...

Acorns of four varieties of oak trees lie Feb. 18 in air pruning pots on a redwood stand at the event center at Monarch Research Project. On March 1 and 2, ...

Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life by Andrew L. Hipp. Illustrated by Rachel D. Davis. University of Chicago Press, 2024 ($35) In many parts of the world, if you take a walk ...

Then there’s the critical role oak trees play in the larger ecosystem. University of Delaware entomologist Douglas Tallamy describes in his 2021 book “The Nature of Oaks” how the 91 species ...

LISLE, Ill. (Sept. 24, 2024)— Over a third of threatened or understudied oak tree species in Mesoamerica are not held in managed botanical collections anywhere in the world, and for many species ...

The tree species is essential for wildlife and industry, but it's struggling under climate change. Missouri asks for help reviving white oak trees, a critical part of the state's forests | KCUR ...