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The annual rite on Groundhog Day isn’t great at predicting the length of winter. But there are some science-based links between plants, animals and incoming weather. The animals you can count on ...
Closed cones indicate damp conditions while open cones indicate the forest floor is dry. As a result of this, pine cones have often been used by people in temperate climates to predict dry and wet weather, usually hanging a harvested pine cone from some string outside to measure the humidity of the air.
Old Farmer's Almanac predicts fall weather in Mississippi Folklore says the thickness of hair on the nape of a cow's neck is just one of the natural indicators of how harsh the coming winter will be.
The weather of these forests is quite mild in both winter and summer. Temperatures rarely go below freezing or grow uncomfortably warm. Closed-cone pine forests of California are located in cool-summer Mediterranean climate regions along the coast with cool wet winters and hot, dry summers. Despite the fact that the summers are dry, the air is ...
The female cone then opens, releasing the seeds which grow to a young seedling. To fertilize the ovum, the male cone releases pollen that is carried in the wind to the female cone. This is pollination. (Male and female cones usually occur on the same plant.) The pollen fertilizes the female gamete (located in the female cone).
The decline of longleaf pine forests in the Southeast, which have been reduced from over 90 million acres to 5.2 million acres. Hurricanes, ice storms, and wildfires can also threaten the red ...
Farmers rely on weather forecasts to decide what work to do on any particular day. For example, drying hay is only feasible in dry weather. Prolonged periods of dryness can ruin cotton, wheat, [104] and corn crops. While corn crops can be ruined by drought, their dried remains can be used as a cattle feed substitute in the form of silage. [105]
To speed up this process so that the pine nuts can be harvested, the pine cones are placed in burlap sacks and left out in the sun. This makes the extraction of the pine nuts slightly easier.