Oak trees in Indiana fall into 1 of 2 groups, white oak (e.g., white, swamp white, and chinkapin) or red oak (e.g., northern red, black, and pin). White oaks produce acorns in 1 growing season (acorns ...

Andrew L. Hipp, illus. by Rachel D. Davis. Univ. of Chicago, $35 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-226-82357-7 Hipp (Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges), herbarium director at the Morton Arboretum in ...

Our local forests have far fewer oak trees than were present in the 1800s and yet, of all our native trees, the oak tree is ...

Have you ever taken a close-up look at an oak acorn? Usually we use the shape of the leaves to determine which oak we’re looking at. Sometimes it helps us to know whether the oak is evergreen or ...

"Acorns provide nourishment to many wildlife species during fall and winter months," said Bryan Burhans, NWTF Director of Land Management Programs. "One tree that wildlife flocks to is the gobbler ...

During the past five years of drought, the acorn production on many of Gainesville's oak species - including laurels, water and live oaks - has been less than average, with many animals going ...

If acorns keep fallin’ on your head this fall, you’re likely one of many Texans getting struck by a natural phenomenon. Oak trees in North Texas are producing an abundant amount of acorns this ...

There are 55 species of oak trees native to the United States, 20 of them in Illinois. Other wind-pollinated species that also have mast years include walnut and hickory trees.

The acorns vary greatly too, but every species of oak has them. Though many acorns become oak seedlings, those seedlings have a hard time growing into trees in the Midwest today.