On March 26th, I begun seeing tiny, green buds on Lilacs, Black cherry, Japanese barberry, Lowbush blueberry, and Crocuses. It has gotten to the point now where it will not reach freezing temperatures anymore. This is when Framingham turns green. The skunk cabbages have also been growing green, broad leaves.
Below i am going to track the budding, blossoming, and leafing out of all the trees that do this in April.
This began budding at around March 29th, but I only got to see them on April 1st. This tree's leaves and fruit are mildly poisonous. They are Native to North and Central America.
First Flowers blossomed before or during the rain of March 28th. This looks pretty exotic for a tree that has been in america for millions of years. We have one of these in our front yard that looks nice in April, and makes a decent climbing tree. Begins leafing April 10th.
Red Maples
Sugar Maples:
Norway Maple:
Produces fuzzy catkins which build up on the ground. These are the trees male flowers. In April, you can see trees with hundreds of Catkins drooping down. These are Bigtooth Aspens.
Aspens are closely related to birch and are capable of cloning.
A wetland shrub that produces flowers. Flowers FIRST SEEN on the 10th, but that was my first time ever finding a spice bush.
The yellow flowers give off the feeling that spring is underway.
American Beech
Japanese Cherry
Pin Oak
