D.C. cherry trees: Blooms won’t wait in warming world, UW research finds

Early-March bloom times in pale blue ranging to late-April times in hot pink are used to contrast the historical record of peak blooms of Yoshino cherry trees 1950 to 2000 (top) with predictions for the 2050s under moderate temperature increases (middle) and more drastic temperature increases (bottom).
Photo Credit: Mary Levin/U of Washington