California is experiencing a 'superbloom' after a super-wet winter.
Nevertheless, superblooms generally come after intense winter rains following long periods of drought,
and the current flowering in California certainly fits that criteria. Some of the blooms are so intense that they are easily visible“I’m going to say, maybe that’s the threshold,” Naomi Fraga, director of conversation programs at the California Botanic Garden,When considering the ecology of Western deserts, superblooms make sense. Years-long droughts can eliminate grasses and weeds that compete for resources with wildflowers.
“They’re all in the soil seed bank waiting for that year of substantial rain,” Fraga told the Chronicle. “And then they go for it.”California suffered through multiple atmospheric river storms and intense snowfall. While the precipitation has helped replenish water supplies after years of drought, the storms have—that the West is increasingly experiencing thanks to climate change.isitors have caused real problems in the past.
at Lake Elsinore destroyed the local ecology, overran the town, and caused the death of one highway patrol officer after he was struck and killed by a car while working overtime to manage visitor traffic.
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