Greetings!
Your flowering reports for
maples, oaks, and poplars
continue to roll in. Below, we take a look at the peak in your reports of flowering in different regions of the country.
In our next message, we'll take a look at where you reported open flowers and how it stacks up to last year.
Photo: Red maple (
Acer rubrum
) flowers, Maksim via Wikimedia Commons
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What you are reporting so far this year
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You have reported on maples, oaks, and poplars at
655 sites
so far this year, up from
561 sites
at the time of our last message. The map below shows sites that have reported "yes" for
flowers or flower buds
or
open flowers
this year for some of our commonly observed maples, oaks, and poplars.
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Sites reporting "yes" for flowers or flower buds or open flowers in commonly observed maples, oaks, and poplars in 2019.
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We have many
Local Phenology Programs
(LPPs) submitting data on maples, oaks, and poplars as part of a group effort. The LPPs that continue to lead the way in number of records submitted continue to be
UNCO BIO 111, New York Botanical Garden Forest Phenology,
and
Brandeis University,
though
Arnold Arboretum-Tree Spotters Program
and
Great Smoky Mountain NP
are not far behind!
We also have
356 individual observers
contributing observations. Thank you for your efforts!
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Observers in the
Southeast
have submitted
41,190 records
on maples, oaks, and poplars this year. Your reports of flowering in white oak peaked in early March and again in early April. Your reports of flowering in northern red oak peaked in early March, early April, and again in late April.
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Observers in the
Northeast
have submitted
104,165 records
. Your reports of flowering in red maples peaked in mid-March, and peaked in early May for sugar maple.
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Observers in the
Midwest
have submitted
23,707 records
. Your reports of flowering peaked in mid-April for quaking aspen and eastern cottonwood.
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Observers in the
Great Plains
have submitted
38,259 records
. You are still reporting flowering for red maple. A single observation has been submitted for flowering of sugar maple.
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Observers in the
Southwest
and
Northwest
have submitted
43,006 records
. Your reports of flowering in California live oak peaked in late March, and peaked in mid-April for valley oak.
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If you have been keeping your data on paper datasheets, now is a great time to upload your data so that they are included in our next message!
Earn your Tree Tracker badge! You can earn this badge by observing a maple, oak, or poplar once a week for six separate weeks in the same year. See it on your
Observation Deck
.
Thank you for your contributions to this important project!
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Contact
Erin Posthumus
erin@usanpn.org
520-621-1670
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