Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 12., 1 by WillisTxGarden

WillisTxGarden wrote:
Hi y'all...I spotted a few of these beauties hangin' on our Bur Oak this evening...and grabbed my camera.
I think they're one of the most interesting of the Oaks
with that shaggy cup....some of them almost totally enclose around the acorn....and they're LARGE too!
The leaves are large as well.
We have two Bur Oaks (Quercus macrocarpa)....only one is producing acorns (it's only about 12 - 14 ft tall.....and started making seed 2 years ago....3 acorns the 1st year,.....4 last year...hoping I get at least that many this year)
The other tree is only about 8 ft tall....so it may be a while before it produces seed.

The 1st year's crop,...I lost all my seedlings (had 100%
germination) in one day to a greedy little tree rat (maybe it had help)....it dug up all of them to get the acorns out of their pots....even with the 3 - 4" sprouts still attached/protruding.
GRRRRR.....
I protected the next crop to keep that from happening again!