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 ...