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 ...

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 ...

If you have ever noticed acorns so numerous that you could not take a step without crushing several, you may be asking the question, “why are there so many acorns?” Some answers to this question can ...

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. If you have oak trees in your neighborhood, perhaps you’ve noticed that some ...

This year and last year, my oak tree hardly produced any acorns that I could see. It’s produced a bunch in past years, so I know it’s capable of bumper crops. Is this a cause for concern? The tree is ...

(WSET) — The Virginia Department of Forestry is looking for help from citizens of the Commonwealth to collect acorns and other tree seeds. "Every year, Virginians from all over the state collect and ...

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, ...