Masting, or mast seeding, is a strategy where oak trees (and other types of trees that produce nuts or seeds) produce a large number of acorns in some years and very few in others.

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"[A] reproductive spectacle known as masting [is] common to many tree species, but European beeches are unique in their ability to synchronize this behavior on a continental scale. From England to Sweden to Italy — across multiple seas, time zones and climates — somehow these trees “know” when to reproduce. But how?"

https://www.quantamagazine.org/across-a-continent-trees-sync-their-fruiting-to-the-sun-20240618/

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