Yes, the photo in today’s post was taken in the past week in southeast Michigan.
If you didn’t know it was late spring, with temperatures in the mid-60’s to mid-70’s Fahrenheit, you might think the white fluff covering the grass and asphalt trail was snow.
It’s not.
Rather it’s white, fluffy seed from the female Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), a native tree in North America.
In late May through late June (and sometimes into July) in our area, the white fluff carried by the wind covers lawns, vehicles, bushes, trees, and everything else in white.
When I see it on grass, I immediately think it looks like light snow!
Some years, the cottonwood fluff seems like a light dusting of snow. Not this year; there’s a lot of white fluff piling up.
For my readers in North America, have you seen the results of cottonwood “snow showers” in your area?
