Category Archives: Ecology
Feet, not Inches
Over the past 16 years, annual rainfall in our area has averaged 183 inches. That’s a little over 15 feet. On average, most of this rain comes in the months of August through October, with 25-31 inches, or more than … Continue reading
Record Rainfall, Early Blooms. Coincidence?
In June we experienced a record rainfall of 43 inches. The previous record was 41 inches and the average for this area is 22 inches in June. Here’s a graph of the erratic 2010 rainfall (red line) compared to a … Continue reading
Witch’s Broom in Sapindaceae
It is now clear that The Thing which appeared on my tree, Allophylus psilospermus, is indeed an example of witch’s broom (or witches’ broom in the plural, if you write for the fungus and lichen journal Mycologia). To refresh your … Continue reading
May Rainfall is Average – An Unusual Event
Our rainfall in May of this year was average. In fact, it was nearly exactly average: the 17-year average is 22.4 inches for our local area in western Panama; this May we had 22.7 inches. On the following graph, the … Continue reading
