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It’s Not Algae
If you have looked at your shoreline recently, you probably have noticed a very unsightly scum on the water. It looks like a coat of sawdust on top of the water and like pea soup in the water itself. According to Jeremy Hertz, The Family Tree Doctor, this material is not algae, but rather pollen from pine, spruce and other conifer trees. Algae are usually found only on the surface or the bottom of the water column, not diffused throughout, as is the case with pollens. The conifers’ season for pollination in Michigan is usually from mid-May to mid-June. A warm year might advance pollination a few weeks earlier, while a cold year might delay its start and continue it another few weeks beyond mid-June. Contributed by: Doug Taylor
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