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 ...

Fall is here, and so are acorns, falling from oak trees into yards everywhere. Viable acorns can be grown into oak trees, if properly handled. A: It’s common for the acorn crop on oak trees to vary ...

Have you ever gone for a walk at summer's end, picked up an acorn and put it in your pocket? If you take that acorn out of your pocket and plant it, your homegrown valley oak, live oak or other ...

As efforts to add native vegetation to the La Jolla Bike Path continue, the latest planting is about as native as you can get. An oak tree sapling planted recently on a hillside next to the bike path ...

A: The native bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, produces huge corns, about 2 or 2½ inches wide and long. They're held in fringed, basketlike cups — thus the common name, mossy cup oak. Deer and squirrels ...

Witness the entire life cycle of an oak in this captivating time-lapse, documenting 133 days from acorn germination to a ...

Watch an oak tree growing from an acorn to a young plant over 133 days in this time-lapse. We picked white oak because it can be germinated immediately without a need for cold-stratification like red ...

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 ...