The weather in the Burlington area has been off and on, with a few warm days and clear skies, and cold days with dark grey skies. The day before I visited my tree, it had flurried, but no serious snow had fallen. When I walked to Centennial Woods this morning, the array of trees still looked very bare, and it made me miss when all of the trees were decorated with leaves. Upon entering Centennial Woods, I was hopeful that maybe the northern red oak I had been observing had some bud breaks, but from my observations, they hadn’t yet.
As I approached the tree, I observed that there was snow visible around the trunk of the tree, but nothing stuck to the branches above me. Since this oak tree is somewhat tall, it is harder to observe and see the buds on the branches However, I can conclude from photos and my own eyesight that the oak had not had any blooms yet, and was still holding on to last year’s leaves.
I am hoping that next time I visit the oak tree that there is more action happening with its buds. Below is my iNaturalist post that I made observing the northern red oak tree.
