The higher tannin content in red oak acorns serves an important purpose. Since red oak acorns don’t germinate until the following spring, the extra tannin helps preserve them through the winter. “Red ...

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“Other deciduous trees do well when planting in the spring or fall, but if you are looking for fall color, it’s nice to plant red and sugar maples as well as pin and red oak and American ...

There are 600 species of oak trees in the world, ten of which are native to Michigan. Red oaks are at the highest risk for oak wilt disease during the spring. Lake Michigan shore : DNR: Dead fish ...

Oak trees produce both male flowers, called catkins, and female flowers, called coon flowers, on different parts of the same branch in the spring which are wind pollinated ; Red oak acorns are ...

The fungus can be carried by beetles during the spring and summer, so don’t prune trees from April 15-July 15 to protect them from disease.

Now is a good time to plant shade trees. The recommended varieties for the San Antonio area include live oak, Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, Montezuma cypress, Mexican white oak ...