#quercus

[kristo-flowers]

Oak

[largeonions]

a light spark in darkness

73-75/100

[rebeccathenaturalist]

San Antonian finds Texas oak tree thought to be extinct

Quercus Tardifolia hasn't been seen in Big Bend's National Park for 12 years.

That's so cool! And they found a few of them, and they're now growing seedlings in greenhouses for eventual replanting!

Quercus tardifolia is a relic species leftover from when the climate was much cooler and wetter in the past, and can only really live in a few high-elevation spots in Texas. It's definitely still at risk of extinction due to increasing heat and drought caused by climate change, but the discovery means this species still has a chance.

[thelethalsilence]

blue oak, green with spring Quercus douglasii Mt. Diablo, CA, USA March 2026

[wild-e-eep]

Knice knobbly knees on this dead oak branch ^_^

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Friday 24 April 2026

The wonderful sculptural outline of Quercus robur (common oak, English oak, black oak, French oak, pedunculate oak, Polish oak, Slavonian oak) is a major framework plant at the Beth Chatto Garden, Essex. This tree has been pollarded in the past to create this distinctive branching.

Jill Raggett

[flame-shadow]

Quercus on the move!

[ art trade with @bowelfly ]

[dat-aster]

Wistman's Wood. Dartmoor, England