By JESSICA DAMIANO In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in his home state. The idea, shall we say, took root.

Its leaves, acorns and shade still sustain more life — fungal, entomic, avian, mammalian, human — than any other North American tree. And now it is dying. Slowly but steadily, the oak is ...

“The acorn crop was nonexistent,” he ... The moths prefer the chestnut and white oaks, but they will eat red oak leaves and other tree leaves, too. “I’ve seen them already go down to ...

Like the chestnut oak and the black oak, the Chapman oak is one of the best ... In fall and winter, birds use the long-lasting foliage as cover. They also feed on the acorns when other food sources ...

Mature acorns are easily identified since they are ... black oak, willow oak and chestnut oak. Some other varieties that are in demand include Alleghany Chinkapin and Black Walnut.

White oak acorns are craved by white-tailed deer, black bears, wild turkeys, blue jays and, of course, our squirrel species. White oak trees are not as plentiful in many areas due to the gypsy moth ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Acorns are falling along with the autumn leaves, and Tennesseans are invited to collect white oak acorns as part of a program to restore the trees in the Volunteer State.

According to the report, hard and soft mast production was mixed this year. White and chestnut oak acorn production is up compared to last year in some parts of the state, but production for red ...

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The fruits and seeds within are really not produced for us but for the plant’s own reproduction of its next generation – more chestnut trees and hickory ... are littering the ground with pea-size ...

Several oak species, chestnut, maritime pine, and other broadleaves and coniferous ... Mean (± standard deviation) values of the number of acorns, number of seedlings per height class, number of ...