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What Type of Tree Makes an Acorn? Only trees in the Quercus genus produce acorns. Watch a squirrel or chipmunk forage for food and no doubt a cache of acorns will appear. Acorns provide food for various wildlife, or they would otherwise litter the forest floor and rot since they are too heavy to disperse via wind.
The second opportunity for the bur oak is to continue to use it as a source of quality lumber. However, to ensure a sustainable product the bur oak can be grown as a crop much like a farmer does with corn and grain. great many bur oak acorns are eaten by wildlife and are considered to be a preferred forest food. For the acorns that remain, a good seedbed is comprised of litter or leaf cover on the forest floor, and is located in partial shade to full sun and dry to moist soil (Beattie et al, 1983, p. 126).