Virginians can help preserve native tree species by collecting acorns and seeds from 13 species and delivering them to the nearest office of the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF). Acorns and ...

Last year’s mild winter has led to a bumper crop of acorns this fall. The unusual abundance is the result of a “mast seeding event,” a phenomenon that happens once every few years, in which oak trees ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Forestry is asking Virginians to help preserve native trees by collecting acorns and seeds from 11 species. Officials say the best time to collect ...

Homeowners may notice a bounty of acorns and other seeds being dropped by trees this season. That's because it's a mast year — a natural phenomenon when trees drop an overproduction of seeds in hopes ...

More than a few inquiries to our Master Gardener Help Desk have asked why there appears to be so many acorns this year compared with last year. Turns out, this phenomenon is not limited to this year, ...

California’s American Indians were more than hunter gatherers. They used fire to burn away the dry chaff so acorns could fall on barren ground to make collecting easier. This also reduced the ...

HOUSTON — Have you been wondering why there are so many acorns on the ground across the Houston area? When we looked into it, we found out it’s happening all across Texas and there's a reason. It's ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees use seeds as a principal means of establishing their next generation in ...

Virginians can help preserve tree species by collecting acorns and seeds from 12 species and delivering them to the nearest office of the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF). Acorns and seeds must ...