'Once your acorn starts rooting, plant it in a container where it can grow for a while, since oaks develop a deep taproot ...

Red Oak bark tends to be dark gray with ridges, whereas white oak, as the name implies, has white-looking bark. Red oak acorns tend to be shorter and fatter and white oak acorns tend to be elongated.

Acorn presence during winter is yet another way of separating the two oak groups. When the simple leaves are present, we find rounded leaf lobes on all the white oaks.

Hundreds of insects and caterpillars feed on oak leaves, and those insects in turn feed birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and even other insects. In fall and winter, acorns feed many of them ...

Cicada season may be over, but another pest emerges right after. Here's how to prevent possible bites and rashes from oak ...

Red oak trees have smoother bark and leaves with pointy edges. Red oaks have pointed leaves and often round, squat acorns; white oaks have leaves with rounded lobes and acorns are often more ...

Here's how to grow an oak tree from a germinated acorn with these easy-to-follow instructions on how to collect, properly prepare, and plant an acorn.

Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a deciduous, common oak tree. A member of the red oak family, this tree has a dense, usually rounded crown and simple, linear leaves.

Shorter, fatter red acorns tend to be smaller and lighter than their white oak cousins. The cap on red oak acorns is flatter, scaly, and shaped like a bottle cap. A white oak with its characteristic ...

An annual acorn count helps scientists paint a picture of how Connecticut trees are responding to stresses from defoliation and disease.

Acorns are falling along with the autumn leaves, and Tennesseans are invited to collect white oak acorns as part of a program to restore the trees in the Volunteer State. The collection period ...