Instead, fallen leaves and residual grass stems from last year lie flat atop very short forbs like filaree (Erodium spp.), which seem to be doing better than grasses in this drought. By mid-February I would typically expect a few inches of grass. When visiting a forage monitoring site near North Fork (Madera County) this February, I saw very little grass growth.
But this spring, our desirable and undesirable species are maturing quickly, at relatively low biomass, and almost all at the same time.įigure 2. In a good water year, the hillsides here can stay green until late April or even mid-May.
Wetter fresno full#
Wildflowers and less desirable broad-leaved plants like fiddleneck have reached full bloom in many places, while many desirable grasses haven't quite senesced. Locally, a lot of plants are going through their life cycles on a shortened schedule. By the end of March in an average year (" WY to Date") we should have totaled almost 10 inches of rain in Fresno.
Note that even after a few rainy days in March, we are still at less than 60% of average precipitation to date (“ Pct Avg to Date”) for the area. Precipitation data for the city of Fresno, collected by NOAA's California Nevada River Forecast Center at the Fresno Airport. But what does this mean for weed populations?
To date, this year has been unusually dry, with Fresno's February tying for the driest on record with two other years (Table 1). In California, only the southern desert region has seen normal or wetter-than-normal water status to date. MaDrought Monitor showing moderate drought (D1) in the southern San Joaquin Valley, and the western portion of the entire Central Valley through the north coast.
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