[NatureNS] Caramelized White Spruce

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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:43:25 -0300
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I drove the Cobequid Pass toll road both Friday & Saturday. The brown
shade to the foliage on the deciduous trees was obvious and sad. I'm
not saying the foliage is dead but the damage must be highly
significant and somewhat negative to survival over the next year or
so. I didn't stop for photos. This high altitude area was far worse
than the overall view in n. NS & se. NB.

Rick Whitman

On 7/13/14, Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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