I was jogging on a pavement of burr oak acorns this September in Minneapolis. Whether a mast year would have been predicted here, or whether other species should also have been masting, I have no idea.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Carrie DeJaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in the Charlotte, NC area. Our oaks and hickories have produced > just fine this year. I don't know how the numbers compare to mast > years, but they certainly did produce fruit this year. > One related note of interest, though-- last fall, I was searching > through a woods for seeds of a local magnolia and found none-- only a > very few of what appeared to be early aborted fruits. We had had a very > late hard frost that spring, followed by a long-lasting severe drought. > I figured one of the weather factors, the other, or the combination > likely caused the trees to produce no seeds. > > Carrie DeJaco > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Inouye > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] no acorn mast > > A front-page article in today's Washington Post > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR200811 > 2902045.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 > -- James Crants, PhD Scientist, University of Minnesota Agronomy and Plant Genetics Cell: (734) 474-7478
