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Tree Profiles
- Hard Mast vs Soft Mast: Build a Longer Food Calendar — Hard mast is nutlike tree and shrub fruit such as acorns, hickory nuts, beechnuts, and chestnuts; soft mast is fleshy fruit such as persimmon, cherry,…
- Oak, Hickory, and Beech Mast: A Field Comparison — Beechmast means the beechnuts produced by beech trees, from one tree's fallen nuts to a stand's wider crop.
Habitat Planting
- How to Plant Mast Trees for Wildlife Habitat — Plant mast trees for wildlife by inventorying existing habitat first, then choosing several locally native species matched to soil, drainage, light,…
Mast Science
- What Is a Mast Year? Why Seed Crops Boom and Bust — A mast year is a season when a population of trees produces an unusually large seed crop, often with many individuals fruiting in synchrony across an area.