DEEP: Connecticut's Plants/Trees/Flowers Fun Facts

DEEP: Connecticut's Plants/Trees/Flowers Fun Facts

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Connecticut's Trees/Plants/Flowers Fun Facts

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Interesting Tree Facts

The largest tree in the state is a sycamore in Simsbury along the Farmington River
The acidity of pine needles often prevents growth under coniferous trees
Connecticut's many aspen trees were once known and sometimes still as Popple
Black triangles or chevrons, below branches distinguish the gray birch from other birches
Chestnut and white pine trees dominated Connecticut's forests 350 years ago
Pitch pine, CT's only three-needle pine, was once called candlewood
Long-dead chestnut trees still stand in CT's forests- they decompose from the inside out
Sugar maple trees are killed at temperatures below -43^oF
Oak/hickory is the dominant forest type in Connecticut today

February and March-best times to prune apple trees
Freezing nights and warmer days provide ideal weather for sugar maple sap to run
Skunk cabbage begins to emerge from snow, attracts season's first flies

Time to prune your Apple trees

Mid month-Maple tree buds begin swelling around this time
Late month-Maple trees begin leafing out
Forsythia in full bloom

Oak trees begin leafing out
Flowering dogwoods in full bloom
Crabapple trees in full bloom
Tree pollen covers everything with yellow dust
Lilacs in full bloom
Poison Ivy blooming
Buttercups flowering
Iris blooming

Rhododendron in full bloom
Cottonwood "cotton" fills the air
Rhododendrons can attain heights of 40 feet

Goldenrod in bloom

A hot dry summer is a boon to ragweed, whose pollen peaks around labor day
Ragweed pollen season underway, monitored until September 30
Asters bloom in open areas

Ragweed pollen season ends in Connecticut end of September

Peak of fall foliage in Northwest Hills
Pumpkins are ready for harvest this month
Leaves falling in earnest
Acorns are an important winter food for many animals
1994-little rain and light wind provided one of the prettiest falls in memory,

Last of maple leaves hanging on