About 90 of the world’s 400 oak species are native to the United States. Like wine, acorns come in two basic types: red and white, depending on the type of oak they come from. They are one of the most valuable food resources available for wildlife. In autumn and winter, the acorn is the cheeseburger of the forest ecosystem-fairly easy to find and nicely packaged. We all know that from tiny acorns mighty oak trees grow, but we should add that from tiny acorns also grow deer, gray squirrels, red squirrels, chipmunks, wild turkeys, crows, flying squirrels, rabbits, opossums, blue jays, quail, raccoons, wood ducks-more than 100 U.S. Future generations of oak trees are looking for a little spot of soil to call their own, but ending up-many of them, anyway-in the rain gutters of my house. More than 100 vertebrate species feed on acornsAh yes, the annual attack of the oak trees has commenced, signaled by the sound of acorns storming the roof. The time of year has come during which, when I’m reading in the evening in the silence of my home, I hear a sharp thwack! on the roof, followed by an increasingly quieter bump bump bump bump.Ī blue jay carries three acorns in its beak in this National Wildlife Photo Contest entry from Murray Head.
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