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Why are all the oak trees around here producing so
many acorns?
I asked my teacher, and she suggested I go to the library.
The librarian was almost as excited as I was. She actually
said to me, “The squirrels don’t even know what to do with
all the acorns in my yard this year!” After a short search, we
found a book about trees. We reviewed the index and went to
a page about oak trees. This is what we found out. Some oak
trees produce acorns every other year instead of every year.
Other oak trees produce very large crops of acorns every 4 to
10 years. These same trees produce smaller crops of acorns in
other years.
Hi,
It’s great to hear from you. I’ve got to
admit, I wasn’t really paying attention to the
acorns this year. The squirrels and blue jays
are busy eating, burying, and collecting them,
and there aren’t many on the ground. So I’d
say we have a normal number of acorns this
year. But 3 years ago my oak trees created
an overwhelming number of acorns. This was
true for all of the trees in my area of the
state. Let me know what you figure out, my
little nature detective!
Love,
Uncle Jim
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