A tree starts preparing new flowers in the fall. It produces special buds called floral buds. The flowers that appeared in the spring have either disappeared or have turned into fruit or cones.

This is the best time of the year (August to October) to harvest seeds from just about every type of tree species. Seeds are harvested to produce lots of young trees, called seedlings, in nurseries. Seedlings are grown for planting in areas from which other trees have been harvested. This process is referred to as reforestation.

Have you ever seen a beech with its bark all scratched up? It's caused by bears who climb beech trees to eat their nuts, which ripen in October.