Fall is here, and so are acorns, falling from oak trees into yards everywhere. Viable acorns can be grown into oak trees, if properly handled. A: It’s common for the acorn crop on oak trees to vary ...

Acorns are beginning to shed from oak trees with fall’s arrival in the Midwest. To some, the acorns are a welcome sign of cooler days to come and can even provide entertainment by attracting wildlife.

GRAND TOWER — All appeared quiet and serene Tuesday morning at the Interpretive Site at the Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir and along the miles-long grey gravel road leading over to the Big Muddy ...

Determining the identity of a tree can be a bit challenging, especially during winter when leaves are not present. This is when knowing other characteristics are very helpful. Take the oak trees, as ...

DE SOTO, Wis. – Jerry Boardman doesn't remember exactly when he started collecting acorns in the fall. But the thousands upon thousands of them he gathers to share with people working to improve ...

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 Hill ...

An abundance of acorns means full bellies for Quad-Cities wildlife this winter. Amy Blair, assistant professor of biology at St. Ambrose University, said she began noticing a large number of pin oak ...

When pericarps were intact, water was absorbed by Nuttall, pin, cherrybark, and northern red oak acorns, mainly through the vascular openings of the cup scar. Uptake through the pericarp was greater ...

DE SOTO, Wis. – Jerry Boardman doesn't remember exactly when he started collecting acorns in the fall. But the thousands upon thousands of them he gathers to share with people working to improve ...