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	July	August	September
	October	November

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

• 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

March

• Time to prune your Apple trees

April

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

May

• 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

June

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

July

• Goldenrod in bloom

August

• 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

September

• Ragweed pollen season ends in Connecticut end of September

October

• 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,

November

• Last of maple leaves hanging on

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