It’s spring time!
After a brutally wet winter, California is blanketed in color as blooming flowers like poppies and sunflowers blanket landscapes across the state—an event many classify as a gorgeous bloom.
term “superbloom” No actual scientific parameters Rather, it is a term used by observers and the media to describe the explosion of flowers. There is some debate as to what, exactly, defines quantum; some Keep it on the label Incredible events that only happen once every few decades.
However, super blooms generally come after heavy winter rains after long periods of drought, And the current California boom certainly fits those criteria. Some flowers are so dense that they can be seen easily from space.
Naomi Fraga, director of conversation programs at the California Botanic Garden, “I would say, maybe this is the bottom line,” Tell the San Francisco Chronicle. “If you can see the flowers from space, it’s a wonderful bloom.”
When considering a western desert setting, superflowering makes sense. Years of drought can kill grasses and weeds that compete for resources with wildflowers. Meanwhile, many species of wildflowers lay their seeds underground to remain dormant and wait for favorable conditions; After a heavy rain, the flowers race to germinate.
“They are all in the soil seed bank waiting for heavy rains that year,” Fraga told the Chronicle. “And then they go for it.”
This year comes after an incredibly rainy winter in the state, during which California experienced multiple atmospheric river storms and heavy snowfall. While the rains helped replenish water supplies after years of drought, the storms did It caused widespread side effects and damage It is a sign of weather “whiplash” — going in extremes– that the West is increasingly experiencing thanks to climate change.
Tourists have been flocking to the flowers ever since the blooms began. due to bad luck ,isitors have caused real problems in the past. in 2019, Many people come to take pictures of flowers In Lake Elsinore it devastated the local environment, swept through the city, and left a highway patrol officer dead after he was hit and killed by a car while working overtime managing visitor traffic.
Click to see pictures of flowers, i.eIncluding views from space.