Willow and currants are budding unusually late, during an unusually warm fall.
During a summer of unusually warm temperatures, highbush cranberries (Viburnum edule) are blooming, using buds that would have normally bloomed next spring.
Highbush cranberries benefited from unusually warm, sunny conditions.
As much of the Lower 48 braces for frigid weather, Anchorage-area temperatures have run some 13 degrees above normal so far this month.
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