Watch an oak tree growing from an acorn to a young plant over 133 days in this time-lapse. We picked white oak because it can be germinated immediately without a need for cold-stratification like red ...

This subject should have appeared last fall. Our giant northern red oak had a massive crop of acorns — the largest crop ever — for this giant tree planted around 1970. At that time, the young tree was ...

“Planting nuts requires a vision for a future that goes beyond one’s mortal reach.” — Bernd Heinrich from "The Trees in My Forest" Last fall I was presented with a gift of two 1-gallon plastic bags of ...

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Acorns develop in 2019 on an oak tree in Amana. Native oak trees can support hundreds of species of ...

If we are lucky, all the Sonoran Desert oaks will make a good acorn crop this year. Even under normal rainfall, oak acorn production can vary significantly depending on where the tree is in terms of ...

You may think that the planting season is over. Not for me. I recently planted eight giant red oaks. Or, I should say, potentially giant oaks. I planted eight acorns. I’m hoping that at least one will ...

NORTH LIMA, Ohio (WKBN) — YSU has many traditions. A new one is the Legacy Forests planting. It’s a program that has taken root to make for a better future. It’s done in the fall, knowing the winter ...

Question: Yesterday I read that “oaks are a keystone species”. What exactly does that mean? Answer: A keystone species is a plant, animal or microorganism that is vitally important to its environment.