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Question: hi, i live in cape ann, massachusetts, this morning i see red maples are flowering, please explain how to locate …

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  hi, i live in cape ann, massachusetts, this morning i see red maples are flowering, please explain how to locate historical flowering times for this region, thanks

  Answer

  Dear ananga, good morning. One of the easiest ways to identify historical flowering times would be to examine a large number of museum records (herbarium specimens) and find collections that were gathered during flowering and record the dates. There are many herbaria in the region that you could possibly visit or you could use online information (Consortium of Northeastern Herbaria). Best wishes.