Phenology

What is “Phenology”?

Wikipedia

Phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate

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Did you know?

• The first written phenology records date back to 974 B.C. in China
• The Japanese have records of the peak cherry blooms for the past 1,200 years
• In Edmonton, Alberta, phenologists are finding that spring plants are blooming an average of 10 days earlier than they did 45 years ago.
• Spring moves north, west, and uphill at predictable rates:
  • 15 miles north/day
  • one degree west/day
  • 30 meters uphill/day
• The word phenology comes from the Greek word “phaino”, to show or appear, and “logy”, to study.
• Carolus Linnaeus, Henry Thoreau, and Aldo Leopold all recorded and studied phenology.