Japanese Slough facing Southwest on Saturday

2 days later, the ice is gone

Facing West toward the Japanese Slough

Facing West toward the Japanese Slough

Japanese Slough facing Southwest ice is on the surface.

Japanese Slough facing Southwest ice is gone

2 Days later, we had 10mm of snow

Snow is gone

Facing West toward the Japanese Slough

Green is back.

Japanese Slough facing Southwest

Female Ginkgo

Female Ginkgo

Male Ginkgo

(Above) Female Ginkgo

(Above) Female Ginkgo

(Above and Below) Male Ginkgo

Less than a month to look like this picture >>>>>>>>>>>>

For several years, volunteer students and parents from Steeple Run School have been collecting and recording GLOBE data on Saturday afternoons.

This week we invited Highlands School students and they got a little lost, so they didn't make it in time for this picture, but they did make it for the Gingko Budburst activity.

The London Planetrees are still dormant.

Last year these trees had Bud Bursts

The White Oak Trees are still Dormant

Last year this tree had Bud Burst on this date.

The Female and Male Ginkgo trees are still dormant.

Last year, (2006) they opened on April 14th.

The Female and Male Ginkgo trees are still dormant.

They are almost ready to burst. See what happened in 2008

The London Planetrees are still dormant on 4/21/07.

The Bur Oak has buds that have burst!

The London Planetree  has buds that have burst on 4/28/07!

The Bur Oak has leaves on 4/28/2007!

The White Oak has buds that have burst on 4/28/2008

The Gingkoes have Leaves on 5/1/2007!

The Bur Oak leaves have really grown!

Some of the Leaves are 35-40 mm long.

The White Oak leaves have reached 15-20 mm.

The letters on the ruler are the last 3 letters of Texas upside down 

The London Planetrees have leaves that reached 10-14 mm.

The London Planetree leaf.

The Bur Oak leaves are now up to 70 mm.

The White Oak leaves are now up to 30 mm.

The London Planetrees have leaves that reached 15-20 mm

A London Planetree cluster of leaves. (Above on May 3rd and below on May 5th, 2007.)

The Ginkgos have leaves that reached 20-25 mm. (Above on May 3rd and below on May 5th, 2007.)

The Bur Oak on May 5th, 2007

The White Oak on May 5th, 2007

The Ginkgo is the most amazing tree on earth!  Check out this site that shows pictures of Gingko trees that survived the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima, Japan.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten/hiroshima.htm

The Ginkgo had not opened on 4/19/2008

9 days later, the Gingko had sprouted leaves.

On 4/19/08, the Bur Oak buds were swollen.

One week later it had 3cm leaves!

On 4/19/08, the White Oak buds were swollen.

One week later it Bud burst!

On 4/19/08, the London Plane Tree buds were swollen.

One week later it Bud burst!