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The female flowers are much smaller ... So it looks like we can expect a big acorn crop again this fall. Can oak flowers be used as mulch? (Reader photo) Why was the flower production so heavy ...
My live oak trees have been dropping tons of greenish ... Live oaks, like many shade trees, produce separate male and female flowers on the same plant. In the case of live oaks, the female flowers ...
The seeds come from the female flower of the oak tree, which is EVEN LESS obvious than the male part. And it’s not just that they have to produce many flowers; for wind pollination to work ...
Notice "greenish brown things" falling from your live oak tree? The trees are dropping ... produce separate male and female flowers on the same plant. In the case of live oaks, the female flowers ...
For those, all you need to do is to make sure you have female plants -- the ones that don't ... red and silver maples (male), mulberry (male), oak, olive, palm (male), pecan, pine, poplar (male ...
Trees that rely on wind for pollination, such as oak and pine, produce significantly ... disperse the male-generated pollen to receptive female flowers. Only a very small percentage of it will ...
Nonetheless, blossoms—from the oak’s minuscule brown nubs to ... How did these other flowers (which function as female flowers) manage to acquire both carpels and nonfunctional stamens?