“We really don’t know when the problem started and whether it was a long-term situation this winter, but the bottom line is that it appears that salmonberry and blueberry were affected by the amount of cold and the depth of cold that we had that killed the winter buds and killed the above-ground stems of those plants,” Pyle said.

1/27/15 Early plants - Klawock, Alaska, USA

Blooming Raspberry plants

Warmer temperatures during this fall/winter seem to be changing there life cycle.

Since the 2012 wind storm, the forest in Cheney Lake Park has been rapidly transforming from native cottonwoods to a variety of exotic ornamental trees.

Abundant berry harvest this year in southcentral Alaska

Ripe blueberries (Vaccinium ovalifolium) in early June?

Blueberries are ripe early!

Plants