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PHOTOS: Climate change prompts some flowers to appear earlier in spring

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Daffodils peek through the snow in Vermont in early March 2023.
Daffodils peek through the snow in Vermont in early March 2023.
Trevor Hughes
Daffodils begin to peek through the snow in Vermont in early March.
Daffodils begin to peek through the snow in Vermont in early March.
Trevor Hughes
Rhododendron racemosum decorating a spring sacred to the Naxi Indigenous Himalayan people of Southwestern China during a springtime festival.
Rhododendron racemosum decorating a spring sacred to the Naxi Indigenous Himalayan people of Southwestern China during a springtime festival.
Robbie Hart
A common blue violet, Viola sororia, blooms in Missouri. The plants produce showier blossoms than they used to, in part because climate change is bringing more rainfall.
A common blue violet, Viola sororia, blooms in Missouri. The plants produce showier blossoms than they used to, in part because climate change is bringing more rainfall.
Matt Austin
The Beesianum Mountain rhododendron on Yulong Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, an ethnobotanist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, did field work to examine the impacts of the changing climate on plants and the people who rely on them.
The Beesianum Mountain rhododendron on Yulong Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, an ethnobotanist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, did field work to examine the impacts of the changing climate on plants and the people who rely on them.
Robbie Hart
Two rhododendrons, Oreotrephes and Traillianum, are shown below the south summit of Jade Dragon Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, an ethnobotanist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, did field work to examine the impacts of the changing climate on plants and the people who rely on them.
Two rhododendrons, Oreotrephes and Traillianum, are shown below the south summit of Jade Dragon Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, an ethnobotanist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, did field work to examine the impacts of the changing climate on plants and the people who rely on them.
Robbie Hart
A rhododendron known as Traillianum snow, on Yulong Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, director of the William L. Brown Center at Missouri Botanical Garden, completed field work studying the impact of climate change on plants.
A rhododendron known as Traillianum snow, on Yulong Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, director of the William L. Brown Center at Missouri Botanical Garden, completed field work studying the impact of climate change on plants.
Robbie Hart
A Racemosum Mountain rhododendron is shown on Yulong Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, an ethnobotanist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, did field work to examine the impacts of the changing climate on plants and the people who rely on them.
A Racemosum Mountain rhododendron is shown on Yulong Mountain in China, where Robbie Hart, an ethnobotanist with the Missouri Botanical Garden, did field work to examine the impacts of the changing climate on plants and the people who rely on them.
Robbie Hart
A common blue violet, Viola sororia, blooms in Missouri. The plants produce showier blossoms than they used to, in part because climate change is bringing more rainfall.
A common blue violet, Viola sororia, blooms in Missouri. The plants produce showier blossoms than they used to, in part because climate change is bringing more rainfall.
Matt Austin