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Index of Subjects We were paddling yesterday out of Terence Bay, and saw the same pattern on the outlying islands. On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 10:10 AM, David Patriquin <David.Patriquin@dal.ca> wrote: > > On a joint Halifax Field Naturalists/Nova Scotia Wildflower Society walk at > Prospect Head yesterday (July 12, 2014), we noted extensive browning of > vegetation which was attributed to salt burn associated with sea spray from > Tropical Storm Arthur 8 days before, preceded and followed by hot, dry > weather. > > At one point, a few of us paused and wondered about a strong smell of > caramelized sugar that seemed to come from a white spruce. (It reminded me > of the smell from sugar cane mills in the West Indies in days gone by.) A > brief investigation revealed the source as the browned needles on branch > tips. A few pics at http://versicolor.ca/caramspruce >
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