As I reported in November, acorns were uncharacteristically aplenty on Long Island last fall. This could be attributed to the cyclical nature of mature oak trees, which shed an increased number of ...

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 ...

They also feed on the acorns when other food sources have disappeared. Come spring, birds can feast on the dozens of insects that rely on the Chapman oak as a host plant.

Some oak trees have leaves that stay on the tree year-round (evergreen) and others have leaves that drop during dormancy (deciduous), plus they all bear the familiar acorn fruit.

Q: My oak tree looks like it is making fruit the size of ping-pong balls. Now I know that they make acorns, so they couldn't possibly make fruit, right? What are these round plum-looking fruits ...

Oak trees provide food for 534 species of butterflies and moths, more than any other tree. That doesn’t even take into account the many other insects and the squirrels, chipmunks, deer, bears ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, meet a species of native Indiana oak from the broad red/black oak family, which is found in bottomlands and areas with imperfectly drained soil, the Pin Oak. This ...

One in five don't know oak trees come from acorns. By DAVID DERBYSHIRE FOR MAILONLINE Updated: 17:33 EST, 8 June 2011 . 117. ... Only half knew that robins live in Britain all year round, ...