Willow and currants are budding unusually late, during an unusually warm fall.
Unusual foam on autumn fallen leaves does not belong to a spittlebug, but may be a type of fungus.
Late budding alder tree.
Unusual webs spread across vegetation is likely related to a mass ballooning event, where spiders launched themselves in the air using the Earths magnetic charge and the wind.
Anemone narcissiflora, which typically blooms in June, is experiencing a second bloom in Hatcher Pass.
Many mature Sitka spruce trees dying off from French Beach south into Sooke along waterfront. Many dead partway up and needles thin.
Large bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) bed near the 1st channel marker, which used to attract sea otters, has disappeared.
During fall time, we only hand pick when the blackberries turn brown. As I was picking I saw this wild iris, like it bloomed just a few days ago. I was very awed to see this flower in October.
The Tongass Forest in southeast Alaska, a temperate rain forest, is experiencing record-low precipitation and severe drought conditions, impacting community hydroelectricity production.
Weather conditions including drought are effecting vegetation in Punjab and other areas of Pakistan.
Delphiniums (Delphinium glaucum) are still growing late in to the season.
Fireweed blooming in mid-late September after other plants have gone to seed.
Spruce branch girdling causing discoloration in tree.
Discolored spruce (Picea sitchensis) needles
Prickly rose plant is blooming when others have gone to hips.
Unusually warm September temperatures.
"They are extremely fresh-looking, as if it were the springtime."
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