Some may be growing from acorns, but the ones by the mature live oak trees are almost entirely sprouts emerging from the root system. In our shallow soils the root systems are near the surface and ...

providing a critical food source for whitetails—especially those that don't live in farm country—well into winter. Red oak acorns contain more tannin than their white oak cousins, so they’re ...

Deer prefer white acorns when they’re available ... Prevalent species of white oak are chinkapin, bur, English, swamp, and live oak. The distinctions between the two are important for ecological ...

On a warm autumn day, between 1715 and 1735, some live oak acorns thudded softly to the leaf-littered ground. This brief event likely went unnoticed by forest denizens, but set the stage for an ...

The coastal live oak, Quercus virginiana ... Renteria loves its reliable fall color and spectacularly large acorns. “They’re a critical food source for larger wildlife such as deer ...