“The oak, when living, monarch of the wood. The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.” -Charles Churchill The English oak (Quercus robur) was so highly valued by the English that it was ...

The nearly 400-year-old history of oaks in South Africa may be coming to an end, forever changing the treescape of towns and cities such as Cape Town, George, Paarl, Stellenbosch, and Swellendam.

The toppling over of two iconic old English oak (Quercus robur) trees in Newlands in November may be the first of more to come as the effects of the 2017 drought come to call. On Monday 8 November, ...

The oak-lined streets of historical towns such as Stellenbosch in South Africa (the second oldest town in South Africa after Cape Town) are set to change over the next decade. These centuries old oak ...