Nuts & Acorn
Trees
Plants
that produce nuts and acorns. Nuts and acorns are
seeds called hard mast. Many animals depend on hard mast throughout
the fall and winter. Wild turkey, blue jays, wood duck, red and gray
squirrels, raccoons and white-tailed deer all use hard mast for
food. Trees such as oak, hazel and beech produce nuts and also have
natural cavities that are used for nesting and shelter by many
wildlife species.
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