After many kilometres, the chain on my bike comes off next to a majestic oak. The tree becomes Quercus: a friend, a confidant ...

The oak is often a symbol of solidity and permanence, but the secret of the tree’s success may be in its ability to adapt and ...

Black oak (Quercus velutina) is a deciduous, medium-to-large oak tree is commonly found in the eastern half of the United States. A black oak tree can be identified by its bark and leaves.

The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since ... An accompanying conservation plan would convey the 30-acre rocky outcrop that hosts the Quercus palmeri, or Palmer’s oak, ...

The iconic Big Tree, a 1,000-plus,-year-old coastal live oak at Goose Island State park near Rockport, before the Hurricane Harvey. The tree, one of the largest coastal live oaks in Texas ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It ...

Oaks are so common that they are the official tree of several states, including Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, and Iowa. While all oak trees belong to the same genus (Quercus), ...

The Encino Oak Tree, also known as The Lang Oak, was a 1,000-year-old Quercus agrifolia more commonly known as the California live oak.

The red-oak family includes northern red oak (Quercus rubra), scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea), shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria), Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii), and the long-popular home-landscape ...

In “Oak Origins,” the evolutionary biologist Andrew L. Hipp traces Quercus’s mighty family tree back millions of years to its modest roots, when a single population began to diverge from its ...