Acorns

The acorn is the nut of oaks and their close relatives, holding a seedling enclosed in a tough shell and seated in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns take between 5 and 24 months to mature and are central to oak regeneration.

Everything across The Oak Project tagged with the topic “Acorns”.

Researchers

2

• Researcher Johan Kroon Researcher
• Researcher Anna Monrad Jensen Professor

Methodologies

1

• Methodology Oak regeneration study

Subprojects

3

• Subproject Provenance and growth of oaks in a long-term common garden experiment
• Subproject Size variation, growth rates and predation of Swedish oak acorns
• Subproject Tracing temporal genetic patterns in Swedish oaks

Research streams

1

• Research stream Native and introduced oak species across Swedish latitudes