Acorn Production for 2006
Overall, acorn production is good this
year. Chestnut oaks have poor production this year.
White oaks are good with fair production
in the ridge and valley region. Red oak production
was good this year. Acorn production can be quite
variable from year to year with crops ranging from several
hundred pounds per acre in excellent years to almost no
production in poor years. Other hard and soft mast
crops such as: hickories, blackgums, crabapples, persimmons
and grapes provide alternative food sources highly utilized by
wildlife in north Georgia during fall and winter when mast
crops are poor or fail altogether.
|
Physiographic
Region
|
White Oak
Rating
|
Red Oak
Rating
|
Chestnut Oak
Rating
|
Total Oak
Rating
|
| Mountain |
3.13
|
3.26
|
2.06
|
2.97
|
| Ridge & Valley |
2.43
|
4.33
|
0.61
|
2.81
|
| Upper Piedmont |
3.14
|
5.94
|
2.81
|
4.30
|
| North Georgia |
3.02
|
4.02
|
1.98
|
3.24
|
Rating: Good: >3.00
Fair: 2.01 - 3.00
Poor: 0.00 - 2.00
