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Alders as “pheno-meter”	Following development of Spring
	Some First Nations went to pick ‘seaweed’ when the alder was in full leaf --- it measured how fast ‘spring’ was progressing for them

In series below the few alder along sidewalk are developing faster than those in the vacant lot ---

Compare this series with the spring plankton bloom in Hecate

About 2/3rds way for the ‘lot’ and full for the street

Almost fully expanded

	Late April

Dandelions as spring monitor

	Depends on weather – this seemed to be the maximum bloom before rains began

Created by LG on 4/6/2004

Last updated on Tuesday, April 27, 2004