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SUPER BLOOM [1 record]

Record 1 2023-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
  • Climatology
DEF

... a rare desert botanical phenomenon[, associated with an unusually wet rainy season,] in which an unusually high proportion of wildflowers whose seeds have lain dormant in desert soil[,] germinate and blossom at roughly the same time.

CONT

"Superblooms" [are] floral explosions [that] are confined to pockets of relatively undisturbed habitats, mostly in vast [American] southwestern deserts ..., and [that] pop up only after a good rain year—an increasingly rare event in an era of climate change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
  • Climatologie
CONT

Une super-floraison exceptionnelle gagne [...] tout le désert américain. [...] avec de la pluie record et de la neige abondante, les [coquelicots] forment des tapis de fleurs aux couleurs flamboyantes. [De] multiples espèces végétales [...] ont [...] ouvert leurs boutons : les cactus géants [...] se retrouvent entourés de champs de fleurs multicolores : coquelicots, lupins, ou encore violettes. [...] La super-floraison est un phénomène qui se produit tous les trois à dix ans dans le désert américain[,] et celle-ci dépend de conditions météo précises.

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