The giant bur oak can reach 150 feet in height; dwarf live oaks are mere shrubs. Were it not for the acorns shown in each of the illustrations in Vines' book, one might wonder why all those trees ...

The bur oak is in the white oak group, which produces acorns annually. These ripen in the fall and are a favorite among deer and squirrels. The acorn crop varies, however.

A: The native bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, produces huge corns, about 2 or 2½ inches wide and long. They're held in fringed, basketlike cups — thus the common name, mossy cup oak. Deer and ...

White oaks (Quercus alba) are durable, large canopied, long-lived trees that grow slowly and are common in southern Wisconsin ...

Bur oak, the type of tree in my yard, can live to be 200 to 300 years old. If these older trees even only produce 1,000 acorns a year, that’s a heck of a good reproduction strategy.

A regular diet of bur oak acorns, or any other kind of acorns, without them being processed to get rid of the tannic acid, would kill you. Or me. And it would be a pretty unpleasant way to go.

Dear Neil: What type of oak has very large leaves and extremely large acorns (almost 2 inches tall — see photo)? The leaves have large, round edges. I found it growing along a stream bank in the ...

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 ...

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. You can grow 'free' oak trees from acorns ...

Oaks are important to wildlife for shelter and food; acorns rate near the top of food list. Subscribe. Log In. Minnesota News You Can Use. Subscribe. The Latest. 6 minutes ago.