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Off Topic => Anything Goes => Topic started by: TOBarbers on November 19, 2012, 11:22:08 AM

Title: Climate Change or Normal - Dandelions blooming in Nov?
Post by: TOBarbers on November 19, 2012, 11:22:08 AM

I went to visit my mother in Cambridge on Sunday and noticed hundreds of dandelions had bloomed and gone to seed on the boulevards and parks near Franklin. Is this a normal thing or is it a sign of global warming?

Bill

Title: Re: Climate Change or Normal - Dandelions blooming in Nov?
Post by: Brian Bailey on November 19, 2012, 12:36:32 PM

Ultimately, maybe yes, but I suspect they're just getting tripped up by the unusual weather pattern (which may be caused by climate change).  We had a very dry summer, followed by an unusually wet fall.  It may have tricked the plants into "thinking" it's spring.

BB