Mt. Nusatsum

Mt. Nusatsum

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Slow Growth

Normally by early April, the Devil's Club (Oplopanox horridus) buds are starting to swell, show a lot of green leaf and sometimes burst.  Not this year.  Tonight when I looked at the ones in our woods they look as dormant as they did in mid winter.  Of course a day like today with high temperatures in the 5 or 6 C range and the fresh snow level only 3-400 metres above the valley floor isn't really conducive to plant growth or a feeling of spring. Grizzly

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