New England aster sightings drop as fall bloom fades
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If you've got asters blooming along a fence line or trail edge right now, you're watching one of the last big nectar pushes before frost shuts down the season for bees and butterflies.
New England aster is one of those late-season purple wildflowers you see lighting up roadsides and meadows in fall. People using the iNaturalist app logged 834 sightings of it across the US this past week, down from 1,212 the week before, which tracks with the plant's bloom starting to wind down as the season turns colder.
Key Findings
834 observations of New England aster recorded in the US over the past 7 days
Observation count fell by 378 compared to the prior week's 1,212 sightings
Species remains among the most frequently observed plants on iNaturalist nationally this week
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New England aster sightings on iNaturalist dropped sharply this week, with 834 observations logged versus 1,212 the week before, tracking the plant's fading fall bloom across the US.
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Trending: New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) — 834 observations this week
New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is a species in the family Asteraceae. iNaturalist users recorded 834 observations of it in the United States in the 7 days before today, among the ...
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