I'm 4 hours from DC in coastal NJ. We had almost no acorns from many of our trees, but there was not a complete absence of acorns.
Michael F. Gross, Ph.D. Associate Provost for Academic Program Development Professor of Biology Georgian Court University 900 Lakewood Ave Lakewood, NJ 08701 732.987.2373 732.987.2021 (fax) -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Inouye Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:59 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] no acorn mast A front-page article in today's Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR200811 2902045.html?hpid=topnews describes the failure of the acorn mast this year over a large area around Washington, D.C. Also hickory nuts. It should have been (based on historical patterns) a good year for the oaks. Was there a similar failure in other parts of the US (or elsewhere)? David Inouye
