Around 4pm, the weather was 47°F with mostly sunny skies. Winds were up to 8 mph, and it had just snowed about 6 inches the night before. Today's sun had melted all the snow off of the amur honeysuckles, and they all survived (unlike many other plants nearby). Each of the 4 plants seem to be showing equal phenophases. The only difference from last week's observations is the lack of breaking leaf buds. It seems they have all broke into full leaves. Honeysuckle #3 may have endured some minor leaf loss from the snow, but the canopy coverage is still about 50-75% and the increasing leaf size also remained at about 50-75%. There are still no flower buds/flowers in sight. (Each of these pictures were taken by observer Travis Mitchell) Amur honeysuckle #1 (Lonicera maackii) Amur honeysuckle #2 (Lonicera maackii) showing showing some increasing leaf size. about 50-75% canopy coverage Amur honeysuckle #3 (Lonicera maackii) seems Amur honeysuckle #4 (Lonicera maackii) Showing to have lost some leaves during the snow storm it's increasing leaf size.
the previous night.
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