Here in the DC area, where the acorn production of most oaks was practically non-existent, the bur oaks also did fine (pretty good crop). As in Illinois, the balck walnuts were in abudance, as were persimmons, and several other trees. From what I've read about masting, it seems strange that a particular oak species should synchronized across such a wide area. This is exactly the kind of data I was hoping the NSF-funded NEON project would attempt to gather (e.g., permanent acorn trap plots monitored across the network of sites in eastern deciduous forests).
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