It's another 'mast' year for the oak trees in my yard. Lots and lots of acorns for the animals.
Amazing Acorn Facts
- There are about 90 species of oak in North America. All oaks produce acorns.
- Acorns belonging to trees in the red oak group take two growing seasons to mature; acorns in the white oak group mature in one season.
- Oak trees have greenish, inconspicuous female flowers and are wind pollinated.
- Oak trees of North America annually produce more nuts than all the region’s other nut trees together, wild and cultivated.
- One huge oak can drop up to 10,000 acorns in a mast year!
- Masting takes a lot of energy! Oak trees grow slowly in a mast year and grow well the year after.
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