You'd never know that California's native oak trees are at risk by the army of young seedlings sprouting in lawns and gardens this spring. After a banner acorn crop last fall -- known to tree ...

A rare look at the earliest stage of a pin oak tree shows how an acorn develops roots and leaves. Learn how one seedling was ...

It takes just three minutes to watch this video, but it covers eight months of an oak tree's life. First, we go underground, where the plant slowly bursts ...

After a robust root system has developed, and you have a shoot or two growing from your acorn, it's time to transplant your seedling, or oakling. 'Once your acorn starts rooting, ...

This irregular cycle of large crops can be beneficial for the oaks by overwhelming the seed eaters. Populations of wildlife that depend on acorns may eat most of the seed during normal seed crops, but ...

The acorn seedling I show here is from the seed of a red oak tree. I took this photo April 2, 2011... As we enter a new calendar year, I struggled to find an image in nature to represent new life.

Seedlings quickly develop long tap roots (as you know if you’ve tried to pull them up). It’s difficult to move them without damaging roots. Acorns from healthy local trees give the best results.

She was determined to find the specific acorn species of her recently deceased three-year-old oakling. “I’ve been searching for years to find another beautiful little tree,” Worcester said. “So, I go ...

Arborist Ken Menzer said the origins of the ample acorn crop date to 2006. "That spring was really wet, and because of that, in the fall the trees put out lots of buds for flowers," Menzer said.