Huge bur oak acorns can be the size of a golf ball. So many were scattered under the bur oaks in the Trinity River Park I visited that walking across them was tricky.

Acorns, particularly red oak acorns, are important food for wild turkeys, ... The size of the acorn crop usually determines how far turkey f locks move from summer to fall range.

Red oaks' acorns are tiny the first year and fill out the second. White oaks' acorns often germinate in the autumn they drop to the ground, while the red oak acorn will remain dormant and ...

Q. We planted a 10-foot-tall red oak in 1998. We love the fall color it gives us. This year it is producing a large crop of acorns. We would like to plant some acorns on our property in the Texas ...

This year’s survey shows that red oaks produced an above-average crop of acorns for the second year in a row, while white oak production has stayed below average for the last two years.

The acorn of the red oak is also much different than that of the black oak. The most common oaks found in Frederick County are white oak, chestnut oak, red oak, black oak, scarlet oak and pin oak.

Because white oak acorns germinate quickly in the fall, they don’t need as much tannin to preserve them after they drop. Deer don’t particularly like snacking on bitter foods any more than humans do, ...

A mature northern red oak can produce 5000-10,000 acorns in a mast year; Only 1 in 10,000 acorns will land in an environment favorable for it to germinate, sprout, and grow into a mature tree; ...

1 Acorn production is dependent on the weather, the overall health of the tree, and other environmental factors. A viable tree will produce acorns every year, but on average an abundant crop will ...

This year, the average crown coverage for white oak acorns was 9%, near the long-term average, while the average crown cover of red oaks was at 10% statewide, a decrease from the long-term average ...