Still No Signs of Buds

Posted on by aehaas

Despite the melting snow and warming temperatures, paper birches still display no signs of being ready to bud or blossom. It was lovely to be outside as I could walk without being tripped by ice, although it was certainly a bit muddy for my taste.

Here are the twigs in question. They pretty clearly still appear to be bare. Hopefully in 2 weeks I will be able to observe some changes to indicate winter is finally ending.

Here is a screenshot of my iNaturalist post. I tagged this tree as having “no evidence of flowering”.

March is here, but Spring isn’t

Posted on by aehaas

I took a walk into Centennial Woods today and identified this Paper Birch. It has the characteristic white, peeling bark, which distinguishes it even in the winter when it lacks leaves. It showed no signs however of budding or flowering. It is still quite cold and snowy. Soon however it will warm up and Spring will come and I hope to see buds, then flowers on the trees here.

I made an iNaturalist post to record my findings. I record the tree as having “no evidence of flowering”.