[ECOLOG-L] no acorn mast

[David Inouye]

A front-page article in today's Washington Post 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112902045.html?hpid=topnews 
describes the failure of the acorn mast this year over a large area 
around Washington, D.C.  Also hickory nuts.  It should have been 
(based on historical patterns) a good year for the oaks.  Was there a 
similar failure in other parts of the US (or elsewhere)?

David Inouye