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The tree pollinates during a 2 to 3 month period during the winter months, and for many people, the allergies it causes are horrendous. If you're allergic to it

The tree pollinates during a 2 to 3 month period during the winter months, and for many people, the allergies it causes are horrendous. If you're allergic to it, you're basically screwed from December - February. The pollen is so thick in the area that your car will covered with orange dust every morning.

dreamcompiler 7y ago
My property is full of them. In February and March the trees expectorate visible yellow clouds. It's a nightmare.
- pvaldes 7y ago
  And a blesssing for CO2 long term storage and soil texture.
  - lurquer 7y ago
    Can there be single thread on HN without some reference to global warming? It's not merely annoying, in this case, its incorrect. Central Texas' cedars (aka Junipers) are an invasive species that destroy other plants. The cedars suck up an enormous amount of water, killing nearby live oaks and other larger trees that provide healthy ecosystems. They are weeds of the tree world in Texas.
    - pvaldes 7y ago
      Juniperus ashei is native from Texas. The term "invasive species" has a different meaning in biology.
adrianmonk 7y ago
From https://nosneezes.com/resources/pollen-information/ https://nosneezes.com/resources/pollen-information/ : "The highest pollen counts ever recorded anywhere in the world occur annually when these trees cut loose." That source doesn't give any further information to back this up, but it doesn't seem too hard to believe.
- pvaldes 7y ago
  what would be a definition of "cut loose"? If it means pruned, sounds logical to me.
  - adrianmonk 7y ago
    It's a seasonal allergy. I'm pretty sure that "cut loose" in this case just means when the time of year comes that the trees naturally start releasing their pollen. I'm not a botanist by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe that once pollen is on the trees, the wind is the final thing that shakes it loose. Here's a video showing what I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA

dreamcompiler 7y ago

My property is full of them. In February and March the trees expectorate visible yellow clouds. It's a nightmare.

pvaldes 7y ago
And a blesssing for CO2 long term storage and soil texture.
- lurquer 7y ago
  Can there be single thread on HN without some reference to global warming? It's not merely annoying, in this case, its incorrect. Central Texas' cedars (aka Junipers) are an invasive species that destroy other plants. The cedars suck up an enormous amount of water, killing nearby live oaks and other larger trees that provide healthy ecosystems. They are weeds of the tree world in Texas.
  - pvaldes 7y ago
    Juniperus ashei is native from Texas. The term "invasive species" has a different meaning in biology.

adrianmonk 7y ago

From https://nosneezes.com/resources/pollen-information/ https://nosneezes.com/resources/pollen-information/ : "The highest pollen counts ever recorded anywhere in the world occur annually when these trees cut loose." That source doesn't give any further information to back this up, but it doesn't seem too hard to believe.

pvaldes 7y ago
what would be a definition of "cut loose"? If it means pruned, sounds logical to me.
- adrianmonk 7y ago
  It's a seasonal allergy. I'm pretty sure that "cut loose" in this case just means when the time of year comes that the trees naturally start releasing their pollen. I'm not a botanist by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe that once pollen is on the trees, the wind is the final thing that shakes it loose. Here's a video showing what I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA