Sugar maple spotting slows as Canada's fall color fades
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Phenology
If you've been snapping photos of blazing red and orange maples on your walks, this dip signals the show is wrapping up for the year, so get outside soon if you want to catch the last of it.
People logging nature sightings on an app called iNaturalist recorded 124 sugar maple trees across Canada this past week, down from 162 the week before. Sugar maples are famous for their brilliant fall colors and for making maple syrup, so this kind of dip in sightings usually tracks with the end of autumn leaf season.
Key Findings
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124 sugar maple observations logged in Canada over the past 7 days
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Observations fell by 38 compared to the prior week's 162
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Sugar maple remains among the most-observed plant species in Canada this week
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Technical Summary
Sugar maple sightings on iNaturalist dropped from 162 to 124 observations in Canada this week, likely reflecting the tail end of fall foliage season as leaves finish dropping.
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Trending: sugar maple (Acer saccharum) — 124 observations this week
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is a species in the family Sapindaceae. iNaturalist users recorded 124 observations of it in Canada in the 7 days before today, among the most for any plant there. That...
Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family, Sapindaceae. It may also be called rock maple, sugar tree, sweet maple, or, particularly in reference to the wood, hard maple.
