Humans, plants and animals have been guided by phenological events for centuries. Farmers and gardeners use it for planting crops (especially in our area due to frost), planning crop rotations, spraying insecticides, and for harvesting. Health professionals use it for predicting how many people are affected by plant allergens. Hunters and wild plant harvesters use it while they are in the woods. Fisherman use the phenological migration data to find desired fish. Also, with sea levels rising along the coasts due to global warming, land managers use if for planning and relocating entire communities.
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fresh and fuzzy flowering phenophaseRound lobed Hepatica was one of the first to flower on the future Phenology Learning Path on April 19, 2016. It had flowered just in time for the campus Earth Day Mini-Bioblitz!
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