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Phenology Report: Juneberries, chokecherries are surprisingly scarce

Juneberry fruits ripen in Lake County on July 27, 2022. The berries range from red to deep purple.
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Juneberry fruits ripen in Lake County on July 27, 2022.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 16, 2024.

Staff phenologist John Latimer is always up for a little snack on his walks, but the forest is not as accommodating as it might be. Despite the abundant moisture available in May, when fruit trees like Juneberries and chokecherries flower, relatively few fruits have developed.

What happened? John’s not sure, but he’ll be interested to see what the blueberry crop looks like – please let us know how they’re developing in your area! Email us at comments@kaxe.org or text us at 218-326-1234.

Topics

  • Introduction (0:00-0:24)
  • Surprisingly few fruits (0:24-3:31)
  • Meadowsweet (3:31-3:51)
  • Basswoods and bees (3:51-5:07)
  • Balsam fir seed cones (5:07-5:32)
  • Boneset (5:32-7:45)
  • Goldenrods, vetches, and asters (7:45-8:13)
  • Jewelweed/spotted touch-me-not (8:13-10:48)
  • Mullein and evening primrose (10:48-11:06)
  • Water hemlock (11:06-12:59)
  • Cattails (12:59-14:16)
  • Bald Eaglet (14:16- 14:45)
  • Trumpeter Swan cygnets (14:45-15:18)
  • Ruffed Grouse taking dust baths (15:19-16:12)
  • A “sauntering” coyote (16:12-18:14)
  • Conclusion and a request for blueberry reports (18:14-19:13)


That does it for this week! For more phenology, subscribe to our Season Watch Newsletter or visit the Season Watch Facebook page.

Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

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Charlie Mitchell (she/they) joined KAXE in February of 2022. Charlie creates the Season Watch Newsletter, produces the Phenology Talkbacks show, coordinates the Phenology in the Classroom program, and writes nature-related stories for KAXE's website. Essentailly, Charlie is John Latimer's faithful sidekick and makes sure all of KAXE's nature/phenology programs find a second life online and in podcast form.<br/><br/><br/>With a background in ecology and evolutionary biology, Charlie enjoys learning a little bit about everything, whether it's plants, mushrooms, or the star-nosed mole. (Fun fact: Moles store fat in their tails, so they don't outgrow their tunnels every time conditions are good.)