That's my theory. Most of the wild oysters i've harvested off hardwoods like maple and oak. It was a bit rare to find them growing on a softwood like willow. Also they were gray oysters so it could be their own special taste. I know that pink oysters have a drastically almost bacon like taste compared to the other oysters out there.
I might get some oyster plugs and find a dead willow tree stump to put them in. Just to see if it was the willow bark that made them sweet.
That would be actually a cool experiment.
Would they grow on different trees? With different flavours...
That's my theory. Most of the wild oysters i've harvested off hardwoods like maple and oak. It was a bit rare to find them growing on a softwood like willow. Also they were gray oysters so it could be their own special taste. I know that pink oysters have a drastically almost bacon like taste compared to the other oysters out there.