All acorns are different. Mine are packed with protein, fat & calories, making them a high-value food for wildlife, but they are also high in bad-tasting tannins. White oak trees, also found in my neighborhood, make less nutritious but tastier acorns, so animals snap them up.

In fall, I drop seeds (acorns) that are food for 100+ types of wildlife. Many of these animals, like squirrels and blue jays, carry my acorns a great distance before storing them underground. They become accidental gardeners of new trees!

When it rains, as just now, I store extra water in my roots and bark. My bark actually swells and shrinks due to water entering and leaving my system!