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BrunoMcGee on Nostr: Squirrels and Jays: foot soldiers of Informal #Forestry. Long may they reign. #oaks ...

Squirrels and Jays: foot soldiers of Informal #Forestry. Long may they reign. #oaks #woodlands #ecosystems

A grey squirrel buries thousands of nuts and never comes back for a good share of them, leaving acorns planted in open ground at roughly the right depth. Over generations, those forgotten caches help oaks spread into new ground - ScienceBlog.com
https://scienceblog.com/d-a-grey-squirrel-buries-several-thousand-nuts-in-a-season-and-never-comes-back-for-a-good-share-of-them-which-is-how-an-acorn-ends-up-planted-at-the-right-depth-in-open-ground-a-fair-part-of-the-oak/