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News Release 10-061
Volunteers Scrutinize "Ten Most Wanted" Plants for Clues to Climate Change
Project Budburst citizen scientists find that plants are blooming unusually early
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Volunteers are tracking spring blooming dates of trees and flowers like lilacs.
Credit: USDA
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The current distribution of lilacs is shown (in green); the trees' range may be changing.
Credit: USDA
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NSF biologist Buck Sanford, on leave from the University of Denver, collects data for Project BudBurst.
Credit: University of Denver
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