Combine them with the leathery, slow-to-decompose leaves that cascade down ... which annually monitors acorn production from ...

Sometimes the acorns they leave behind grow into trees ... While aphids, gypsy moths, oak leaf caterpillars, and other insects inhabit the trees, these pests rarely cause significant damage.

In addition to identifying four common varieties of white oak by their leaves and acorns, he also explains how to differentiate them from their cousins, the red oaks.

The leaves, bark and acorns of the oak were believed to heal many medical ailments including diarrhoea, inflammation and kidney stones. There are around 600 species of oak. In Britain we have two ...