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 ...

Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor that made it feel like you were walking on marbles. If either of these ...

Acorns cling to the leaves of an oak tree in the uptown area of Dallas on Nov. 15. Trees in North Texas are producing a lot amount of a acorns this year due to a natural phenomenon known as "masting." ...

Have you ever taken a close-up look at an oak acorn? Usually we use the shape of the leaves to determine which oak we’re looking at. Sometimes it helps us to know whether the oak is evergreen or ...

Small acorns produce forest giants, and in Tennessee, the white oak is perhaps king. The white oak is a keystone tree species in Tennessee for both wildlife and wood products, but experts are ...

Have you noticed that there are a LOT more acorns than usual this fall? I know I have. Acorns are the nut/fruit of oak trees, and we certainly have a TON of oaks around San Antonio and the Hill ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Most of us are familiar with the mythology around oak trees. They are ...

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. The ...

Q: We live outside Conway and have lived in our home since 1991. This year we have been inundated with acorns. Never before have they been so plenty. Big ones, small ones and in between. Can you ...

When we moved into our house on Lake Mitchell in 1977, the most prominent feature in our yard were three mature red oak trees ...