What plants can be protectors from rain. Flowers that predict the weather. Predictive herbs and folk beliefs

In those days when radio and weather centers did not yet exist, people learned about upcoming bad weather with the help of plants. Many flowers are real weather forecasters: they are able to make a completely reliable weather forecast. Drops of dew and closed flower buds most often indicate that it is going to rain, and lush flowering portends sunny weather.

Weather forecast from flowers

While caring for flowering plants, our ancestors noticed that some representatives of the flora are indifferent to weather changes, while others change their behavior depending on the level of humidity. Most often, flowers that may suffer from heavy rain, or residents of humid areas, react to the weather. tropical forests, whose whole life is connected with water. Both indoor and garden flowers, as well as some trees, can predict the weather; it is only important to know what signs and phenomena to pay attention to.

U different plants- your prediction period. Some begin to “cry” a few hours before the rain starts, others almost before the downpour, and some even a day before. Signs that indicate change natural conditions, some. Some plants close their buds, others intensify their aroma, and others begin to release drops of moisture.

All these phenomena are the result of adaptation to new conditions. Closed petals, tightly pressed to each other, are not easily torn off by gusts of wind and large drops of rain. Increasing the smell is a way to attract insects. They must have time to pollinate the flowers before bad weather. Acacia and honeysuckle smell the strongest before the rain, and the aroma can tell about the imminent arrival of evening. The release of droplets on the leaves is the result of an increase in air humidity, at which normal evaporation of moisture does not occur.

Monstera and alocasia

It would seem that indoor plants do not care at all about the weather on the other side of the window, but they saved genetic memory and they keep predicting rain. The most famous home weather forecasters are monstera and alocasia.

The tropical liana monstera evokes far from the best associations for many, but its name goes back not to the word “monster”, but to the Latin monstrosus, which translated means “amazing, bizarre.” The huge carved leaves of the monstera are very beautiful, and the aerial adventitious roots give it a mysterious look. Before the rain, quite large drops appear on the leaves, so if you find that the monstera is crying, do not forget to grab an umbrella.

Alocasia is also native to the tropics. Its leaves with bright veins are located on long stems. There are millions of stomata on the surface of the leaf, through which the flower gets rid of excess moisture. In the homeland of alocasia, there is so much water during the rainy season that the plant had to find a way to dump the excess. So when air humidity rises, which happens before rain, the flower also begins to cry. However, the same effect can also appear if you water too much, so you shouldn’t trust the flower forecaster too much.

Mallows and morning glory

The beauty of hollyhocks can compete with many tropical plants: lush buds on tall stems can decorate any garden. Usually hollyhocks are planted in groups: this way they look more attractive. If in the middle of a sunny day you notice that the flowers began to wilt and then completely closed, do not plan a trip to the river or long walks. Mallow flowers close on the eve of bad weather.

Morning glory is an annual climbing plant that is often used for decorative vertical gardening. Bright bells of white, pink, red and of blue color buried in lush green leaves. As a rule, morning glory blooms only in the morning and fades in the light of the sun. On a cloudy day it can last longer, and then the fence or wall of the house will delight you with the magnificent spectacle of hundreds of buds blooming.

As soon as the rain clouds approach, the morning glory folds its petals, so that in the rain the already ripe buds may not open. The property of the plant is quite clear: the petals are too delicate to withstand the pressure of rain streams. In addition, bees and other insects are hiding anyway, so there is no point in the plant expending energy opening the flower.

Tulips and crocuses

Spring primroses have a short lifespan. And in a week or two, crocuses manage to raise their buds to the sun, bloom and bloom. Gardeners have long noticed a peculiarity of tulips: before the onset of rain, their buds close. The shape of the flower resembles a glass. If it had not learned to close, the water would have filled the natural vessel and the stem would have broken. But even if the flower had survived the rain, all the precious pollen would have been washed away and wasted without any benefit. Fortunately, tulips have learned to detect air humidity and predict the weather.

Crocuses and tulips react not only to humidity, but also to temperature. The buds close at the slightest threat of cold weather. With a bed of bulbous plants, it's easy to determine how warm the coming day or night will be. Interestingly, crocuses are divided into autumn and spring varieties. Autumn ones bloom in September, when other bulbous plants have long since faded and fallen asleep. Both spring and autumn varieties can predict the weather.

Dandelions

Some are quite nice flowering plants do not have the best reputation among gardeners. Dandelion is considered a weed because it has amazing vitality and ability to reproduce. In addition to light white parachutes, it can also reproduce by root particles, so dandelion thickets have to be weeded several times.

Dandelion is another barometer plant. It is able to accurately predict rain several hours before the first drops fall. In sunny weather, the golden ones are open until the evening. But if you see that the meadow has turned from golden to green, it will soon rain.

Interestingly, it’s not just the dandelion’s flowers that close. The fluffy heads with seeds also know how to curl up so that the fluffs are not washed to the ground by water, and they can fly as far as possible from the parent plant.

Not only weather forecasters and living beings (animals, birds, amphibians, crustaceans, fish, insects), but even plants can predict the weather for the next few hours, days and even weeks.

Scientists claim that there are more than four hundred species in the post-Soviet space various plants capable of predicting the weather. They can be found in a flowerbed, field, garden, vegetable garden, near a river or pond, in a park or forest. True, in order to determine the weather by their behavior, you should take a closer look. Plants make most of their movements in accordance with their natural biological clock, but at times they react in the same way to changes in weather. Some flowers close or change their colors before the rain appearance. A good predictor of upcoming bad weather is

common mallow, the flowers of which seem to fade before the rain. Morning glory also signals about imminent rain by folding its purple flowers into a knot. But yellow acacia, Tatar and common honeysuckle secrete a huge amount of nectar before the rain, attracting various insects. The violet is also a reliable barometer - if its flowers look cheerfully at the world violet eye, then this means stable sunny weather. And when the violet flower is closed, then bad weather should be expected. Often found on lawns and flower beds of urban cities

broadleaf cannas,

which, despite their East Indian origin, in our conditions bloom until the first frost. But few people know that these flowers are also called “rain trees,” because when transparent droplets of moisture are visible on the wide leaves of cannas in the morning, rain will certainly fall during the day. Mimosa trees, which roll up their leaves before the rain, as if they are afraid to get them wet, can also predict the coming bad weather. From indoor plants a good weather predictor is

monstera, which, on the eve of rain, begins to “cry”, releasing droplets of moisture at the ends of its leaves. On garden plots or in vegetable gardens you can often find nondescript grass, the leaves of which always feel wet to the touch. This plant is called woodlice, and many summer residents are trying in every possible way to get rid of this weed. But you should still leave a few woodlice bushes on the site, because by its small white flowers you can determine whether it will rain in the near future or not. If the corollas of woodlice flowers are not open in the morning, and the flowers themselves have drooped, then after some time you should expect the first drops. Since woodlice blooms from April until the first cold weather, you can use this weather predictor all summer long. Even ordinary potatoes bend their stalks down before the rain, so when you arrive at the site, the first thing you need to do is take a closer look at it. The onset of bad weather is also foreshadowed by

common clover, the leaves of which drop before the rain and fold like an umbrella covering the heads of the flowers. Also, in cloudy, unpleasant weather and before rain, the yellow dandelion flowers are tightly closed. Even a faded dandelion can predict the coming weather. In dry sunny weather, its white fluffy parachutes easily scatter in all directions even with the slightest touch or a light breeze. And before bad weather, the fluffy ball folds up like an umbrella, and no winds or rains are afraid of it. Rainy weather This is also foreshadowed by strawberry flowers, which always droop before bad weather, protecting themselves from precipitation. In the forest, an excellent barometer to determine the nearest weather is

purple sedum (this plant can be found in clearings and forest edges). If the pink flowers of this plant are closed in the evening, then the coming day should be dry and sunny. But when the flowers remain open on the eve of night, the next morning will be rainy. In many wet forests you can find a plant like

calliper, which can be recognized by its inflorescence in the form of a spike wrapped in a white leaf. On the eve of rain, this plant bends this leaf, covering the inflorescence, to the side, and before good weather the end of the leaf looks up. Before rainy weather, many plants growing near bodies of water also “cry”: chastuha, arrowhead,

weeping grass,

head cutter, telores. Also, our ancestors once determined the weather for the coming minutes and hours with the help of a cleaner and

oak anemone, the flowers of which close before bad weather. It’s also worth taking a closer look at the meadow core, the stem with flowers always bends down before the rain. This plant seems to sense the coming of rain in advance and droops prematurely.

A few hours before the rain, sweet clover, on the contrary, raises its leaves up and folds them. You can also determine the weather forecast for the coming months using trees. So one of the most accurate and long-term weather forecasters is “forecasters”

beautiful birch. According to folk superstitions, if a birch tree secretes a lot of sap before the leaves bloom, then the summer will be stormy and rainy. If the leaves on the birch appear earlier than the green foliage on the alder, then the summer will be dry and warm. Otherwise, rain and cold are guaranteed. On alder, aspen, bird cherry and various types before bad weather, moisture forms on the leaves. Sometimes, even in good weather, this moisture falls from the leaves so abundantly that the ground under the trees becomes wet. Even beautiful spruce trees have synoptic abilities. Before it rains, they lower the heavy branches down, and before clear weather, they lift them back up. But the biggest crybaby among the trees is

maple. Before it rains, droplets of moisture appear on this tree where the leaf cuttings are attached to the branches. Attentive and observant folk weather forecasters claim that the maple predicts the coming rains three to four days before their arrival! In any case, you should not forget about these signs even after visiting the most “truthful” meteorological sites, because meteorologists from all over the world can make mistakes, but barometer plants almost never do!

Where do we usually look when we are going for a walk or running errands? Right! To a thermometer or an Internet site that shows the weather. It turns out that many indoor plants are excellent weather forecasters and can tell whether it will rain or whether it will be hot. You just need to learn to understand their “language”.

So, who are these green fortune tellers?

MONSTER DELICIOUS. This branching vine will unmistakably tell you whether it will be damp outside. If it is expected that the sky will be clouded and there will be rain or drizzle, droplets will collect on its leaves.

ROOM BANANA (Muza). Whenever increased air humidity is expected, a drop of dew forms at the tip of its young, unopened leaves.

ROOM ROSE. Before the rain begins, its flowers begin to smell more fragrant.

MARANTA. All kinds of this magnificent tropical plant respond to increased air humidity by producing moisture on the leaves.

HOYA IS FLESH. If droplets collect on its flowers, there is an unmistakable warning: it will rain. By the way, it tastes like sweet nectar. It is unknown whether it is edible.

BALSAM. If “tears” form on its leaves, it means sunny, clear weather.

CYPRESS. It begins to smell stronger when it is damp outside.

MIMOSA SHY. It shows not so much the weather as the time. By evening its leaves fold, and by morning they open.

Oxalis (oxalis). This representative of the flora with butterfly leaves behaves in the same way as the bashful mimosa. It is not only a green (or purple!) clock, but also a phyto-barometer: its petals also fold when rain is approaching.

ALOCASIA speaks not only about the weather, but also about poor care. Water forms on its leaves even before rain, and may indicate excessive watering.

TELOCACTUS (telocactus bicolor). On hot days, droplets of liquid form on its modified stem - usually at the base of the spines, at the top.

February 25th, 2011 , 11:55 am

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Maria Komkova

PLANTS - WEATHER FORECASTERS

"People have long noticed that plants react very sensitively to changes external environment and can give additional information to their senses, they can notice something that a person cannot feel.

How, in ancient times (and even today), were fairly correct long-term weather forecasts made? People, in order to expand the range of their sensations, have made many plants their “meteorologists”. In “folk weather science”, plants have served people as weather “oracles” since time immemorial. After all, plants appeared on planet Earth long before animals. Warm sun rays, the humidity of the earth, the movement of the earth's interior, the cold of ice, the touch of human hands - plants feel all this. They react to many natural phenomena occurring near and far from their leaves, roots, flowers, antennae, and earrings.

Our beautiful birch - a symbol of Russia - occupies an honorable place among the plants that “give out” long-term weather forecasts. There are ancient folk signs, that if a birch tree in the spring, before the leaves bloom, has a lot of sap flowing, the summer will be rainy, “if in the spring the birch tree throws out its leaves before the alder, the summer will be wet, and if the alder blooms earlier, the cold and rain will torment you. Birch leaves fall cleanly - for a light and fruitful year, if in the fall the birch leaves begin to turn yellow from the top, then the next spring will be early, and if from below, then late.”

If there are a lot of nuts and few mushrooms, the winter will be snowy and harsh. An abundance of berries (the so-called berry year) also portends cold winter. There are a lot of acorns on the oak trees - to warm winter. A bountiful harvest of rowan berries “all around is red with rowan berries” - a sign of a harsh, fierce winter. Until the leaves fall from the cherry trees, no matter how much snow falls, winter will not come. If yellow leaves appear on the trees in summer, early autumn will come.

The appearance of the first yellow flowers of the earliest spring plant, popularly known as “coltsfoot” among the snow on thawed patches, on steep slopes and slopes, on railway slopes - sure sign the onset of heat at the end of March - at the beginning of April. If golden-yellow primrose flowers bloom in the meadows, forest clearings and among bushes in the first half of April, rams (in Western Europe and in some regions of Russia they are called bells), you need to wait for the first warm days. The white caps of the honey-bearing flowers of the song rowan are an accurate harbinger of a turning point towards warmth.

To establish warm weather also indicates spring sap flow in maple and other trees. The appearance of a wide green leaf of a white lily, our northern lotus, on the surface of water in ponds, rivers, lakes, marks the end of frost.

The abundant release of droplets of sticky liquid on the wide blades of horse chestnut leaves usually heralds the onset of a long rainy period.

“When to sow, when to reap, when to throw haystacks,” based on centuries of experience, folk agronomy teaches not to miss deadlines for agricultural work. At the same time, she uses many signs that connect the timing of sowing or planting of certain crops with phenological phenomena. The living calendar of nature is taken as a basis: the beginning of bird cherry blossoms, the time when oak buds burst, birch catkins. And it must be said that the choice was made correctly, since these indicators, as practice has shown, are very, very reliable.

The appearance of snowdrops, hairy shaggy “dream grass” (lilac bells) signals the villagers about the beginning of spring plowing. The beginning of the growth of catkins in flowering maples indicates the sowing time of beets. The flowering of aspen announces the time for early sowing of carrots. The fragrant flowers of the white beauty of the Russian forest - bird cherry - are the best indicator of the time of planting potatoes.

Some agricultural signs even became axioms, firm rules. “This oats will come when the birch leaf begins to bloom. The latest time to sow oats is when the apple trees bloom. Strawberries are red - don't eat oats in vain. This wheat when the bird cherry blossoms. Do not sow wheat before the oak leaf. This barley, when the rye color appears a little. The rowan is blooming - it's time to sow flax. This buckwheat, when the grass is good. When the oak blossoms, you need to sow peas.” These and other signs, obtained through the practice of many generations, contain a lot of useful information for science.

Hundreds of plant species accurately tell people about daily weather changes. We have broad-leaved cannas (the birthplace of this flower is Eastern India) growing on our lawns and front gardens. Cannas bloom from July until frost, delighting the eye with red, yellow or variegated flowers. They are called “rain trees”; if transparent droplets of water are found on the wide leaves of the plants in the morning, there will definitely be rain in the afternoon. Among indoor plants, Monstera predicts the weather. The name of this plant with large, almost rounded, leathery leaves with slots comes from the Latin word meaning “extraordinary”, “amazing”. Before the rain, the monstera begins to “cry”. Droplets of moisture appear at the ends of its leaves.

Many predict a change in weather by “crying” aquatic plants- arrowhead, chastuha, bramble grass, weeping grass, telores, tree and shrub plants - aspen, alder, bird cherry, various willows. Sometimes drops fall from willow leaves so often that the ground under the trees becomes wet. Apparently this is where it probably happened popular name"Weeping willow" A few hours before the rain, sedges also “cry”, getting rid of excess moisture.

How do plants know about approaching bad weather? The fact is that plants contain a lot of water. It evaporates all the time. When the air humidity is high, especially before rain, evaporation is weak. Moisture coming from the ground begins to drip from the leaves, due to it the release of sweet nectar increases, with its participation the position of the leaves, petals and branches changes. Physiological process associated with plant water metabolism, carries scientific name“guttation”, from the Latin “gutta” - drop.

Among the “crybaby” trees, the maple stands out especially. When it rains, droplets of water appear on it in the place where the leaf cuttings are attached to the branches. There is an opinion that among “weeping” barometers, maple is the record holder. He predicts bad weather sometimes three or even four days before the rain!

The “crying” of plants can be observed at any time of the year - in spring, summer, autumn, and even winter. In northern regions where harsh winters are common. In the homes of amateur flower growers, you can see calla lilies on the windowsills. Outside the windows there are thirty, forty-degree frosts, and the large emerald leaves of the plants drop transparent drops. This means that in an hour or two there will be a thaw. As a rule, calla lilies are not wrong.

Elegant mimosa trees accurately predict the weather. This is a plant tropical zone land. Beautiful trees at night and before the onset of bad weather curl up their leaves, as if they are afraid to get them wet. Their bright pink, delicate fluffy flowers are also sensitive to bad weather.

A true barometer is the yellow and white flowers of the acacia: before the rain they open and release a lot of nectar. Its aroma can be heard hundreds of meters away. It attracts bees and other insects to acacia trees. In dry weather you will not see insects near the acacia; at this time it does not “treat” them with sweet nectar. The same thing happens with currants, honeysuckle, and sweet clover.

It is known that if the flowers of these plants suddenly smell strongly, expect rain. Well, the insects are right there. At night, the strong smell of honeysuckle can tell you what the weather will be like tomorrow. IN cold weather the scent of its flowers is barely perceptible. Among the plants that secrete nectar before rain, meadow napkin is also widely known. During the day, its flowers are covered, as if they are sleeping, dozing. This is where the name of the plant came from - dormancy. Sandman opens its petals only in the evening; they are pollinated by nocturnal insects, mainly butterflies. But they do not attract insects every evening, since their nectar secretion depends on the weather. If there are a lot of butterflies sitting on dormant flowers in the evening, this means that the flowers secrete a lot of nectar, that is, we should expect rain tomorrow. But it also happens differently. In the evening, the dream opens its flowers, butterflies fly up to them, but do not stay long, they sit down for a moment and immediately fly away. It was as if the flowers had become uninteresting and unpleasant for them. This is actually true. Before good weather, dormant flowers do not produce nectar. Naturally, the butterflies immediately leave them.

Regulates the release of nectar according to the weather and adonis. It belongs to the ranunculaceae family, and is distinguished by the fact that its large, fragrant flowers open in the evening. But he doesn’t always treat his “guests”. If insects, for example large lilac hawkmoth butterflies, fly past a flower and do not land on it, it means that the flowers do not produce nectar. This usually happens before clear weather. And vice versa, when a butterfly lands on a flower, it means it contains nectar, which usually happens before rain. The flowers of marigold, mallow, and morning glory are very sensitive to weather changes. These are real weather forecasters. The sky is still clear, blue and bottomless, but these flowers have already tightly squeezed their petals, as if they had faded. This means it will rain soon.

A reliable barometer is a violet. If a flower cheerfully looks at the world with a violet eye, it means that it enjoys the long good sunny weather. But it happens that the violet closes its flower and droops, as if saying with all its appearance, expect bad weather. Before cloudy and rainy weather, gramophone flowers and field bindweed close their petals, the leaves of meadow clover fold, the inflorescences of forest grains hang down, the daisy flower bends down and almost touches the ground with its petals. The white and purple flowers of the meadow core wilt before the bad weather. The flower corollas of celandine growing in the shade among weeds behave in exactly the same way.

The approaching rain is also indicated by the flowers of a small weed plant, wood lice, closed in the morning. The plant seems to protect its flowers and their pollen from the destructive impacts of raindrops. The reaction of woodlice flowers is quite sensitive. No matter what the weather is like in the morning, closed flowers always indicate rain. Woodlice blooms from April to late autumn. This barometer can be used all summer long.

The flowers of the ubiquitous dandelions also help predict the weather for the near future. If the sun is in the sky and the dandelion flowers are closing, it will rain. And sometimes the sky is frowning, clouds are floating across it, and the dandelion flowers are open. This means there will be no rain. The faded dandelion continues to serve as a barometer. In dry weather, its white fluffs easily fly away from the very light touch, from the lightest breeze. A flower behaves differently before bad weather. Having sensed an increase in air humidity, it folds its fluffy ball like an umbrella, and then the dandelion is not afraid of either rain or wind.

In the forest, the leaves of drupes and the leaves of bracken can tell you about the upcoming weather (15-20 hours in advance). Before bad weather they curl up, and before good weather they curl down. Regularly performing “weather service” from early spring to late autumn, a weather forecasting flower growing in shaded spruce forests, well known to forest lovers under the name “hare cabbage”. If its pink or red flowers do not curl up as usual, but bloom at night, you have to wait for rain in the morning. But if the hare cabbage flowers close normally at night, this is a sure sign of good weather. And it is no coincidence that many gardeners, vegetable gardeners, and flower growers plant hare cabbage in a pot and keep it in their apartment on shady windows instead of a barometer.

Spruce trees have similar, but even more pronounced synoptic abilities. They lower their branches before rain and raise them up before clear weather.

Commercial hunters have long been able to quite accurately determine the upcoming weather based on the state of the spruce crowns. Barometers are made from spruce branches for use in winter huts. The ability to react to the weather is preserved in a dry tree, in dried branches.

A homemade, homemade barometer can easily be made from a spruce knot. A small part of the trunk of a young Christmas tree is cut out along with a branch, the bark is cleared and the “device” is ready. The branch is attached to some support, to a wall, for example, leaving the branch free. The anchored branch begins to react to the weather, lowering the end of the branch before rain and lifting it up before clear weather. The amplitude of movement of the end of the branch depends on its length. With a branch length of 32 cm, the swing amplitude reaches 11 cm. For convenience, a scale drawn on paper with divisions of one centimeter is fixed near the end of the branch. After some time, when the branch shows its abilities, marks are made on the scale - “clear”, “variable”, “rain”, as on a regular aneroid barometer.

To create a “living home barometer” it is not necessary to take a stump of a spruce trunk. You can use feather grass, a steppe plant. Feather grass stems woven into a “rope” are placed in a cardboard box. One end is secured and the other is attached to the arrow. Moving, she points to one of two inscriptions - “rain” or “clear”. The “barometer” is based on the property of feather grass to curl before rain. In arid steppes, this feature of the plant helps it survive."

In ancient times, it was extremely important for a person to predict the weather in order to understand whether it was possible to go hunting and when to plant plants. For centuries, people have closely monitored nature. Thus, knowledge was accumulated about which plants predict the weather. And this wisdom was passed on from parents to children, and has survived to this day. Even weather forecasters would envy the weather predictions of our grandparents.

Plants do not predict the weather as brightly as when they hide an hour before a storm or worry before an earthquake. However, with proper observation, you can still notice the signs of plants.

• In the early morning, a plentiful amount of dew on the grass means a favorable day awaits. Dry - rain soon. And when dew forms in the evening and stays until the morning, the weather will be sunny for a long time.
• Loosestrife (common grass) and aloe vera (common) release moisture before the coming rain.
• Drupe straightens the leaves and covers the berries with them to protect them from bad weather.
  Sweet clover folds its leaves before a thunderstorm.
• If the chickweed does not straighten out after dawn, clouds and clouds can be expected.
  In wet weather, burdock softens and ceases to be tenacious. But with the arrival of warmth and dryness, it spreads out the hooks and becomes tough.
• folds the leaves before dry weather and, conversely, straightens them for rain.
  A blooming dandelion hides its yellow core and closes with a green rosette before bad weather. If you blow on a dandelion, you will see that the seeds are attached and are difficult to come off. Whereas in hot weather they easily fly apart.
• Buttercup and bindweed hide their flowers when the weather turns bad.
• Celandine, clover and meadow heart bow closer to the ground before rainy weather.
  “Crying” reeds - when they are covered with drops of water, it means that a storm and heavy rain are coming. In the old days, hunters, seeing this sign, immediately hurried home or to shelter.
• Thistle and sorrel are accurate predictors of the tone of the coming winter. If the first one grows predominantly in the fields, then the winter will be harsh and cold, if the second one will be mild, with thaws.

You can notice weather signs not only by the listed plants. In your personal garden you can find little helpers that can replace a weather station. There are other signs that man discovered by observing animals.

Worms crawl out towards the rain. There are a lot of cockchafers - it will be a hot summer. The nightly chirping of crickets predicts a clear day. Insects fly past open flowers - to clear weather. The dog lies in the snow - a blizzard is coming.

Man observed not only the “living” world, but also the various phenomena. Stuffiness foretells rain. If the snowdrifts begin to melt on the northern side, then the summer will be long and warm, on the southern side – short and cold. High clouds mean good weather. A pale moon and stars mean rain. There is a bright halo around the moon - a strong wind.

Signs and superstitions based on plant observations are varied and will help predict the weather not only for the next day, but also for the next month, season, or even suspect a dry or cold year.

Flowers have always been valued by humanity not only for their beauty, but also for their clear signals. Some flowers hide their buds, while other plants begin to change position and hug the ground.

• Roses close their buds tightly before the rain.
• Flowers smell brightest before the rain.
• Mallow hides its colorful petals 1-2 days before bad weather.
• Daisies and blue snowdrops (Scilla, Scylla) close up in the face of bad weather and bend towards the ground to protect themselves from the wind.
• Calla lily loves water, so before rain its leaves spread out and remain closed in dry weather.
• The water lily hides deeper in the water, warning of an impending downpour. In addition, the opening of lilies indicates the end of frost.
• Coltsfoot reports the strengthening of spring. As soon as yellow flowers cover the ground, folk wisdom says: spring has settled, and no longer intends to give in to winter.

Air temperature and humidity can be successfully assessed from plants.

1. Oak creaks before rain and hurricane. Also, if the oak tree is covered with acorns, a harsh winter should be expected.
2. Rosehip inflorescences do not open if bad weather is expected.
3. Acacia and honeysuckle smell brighter the closer the rain comes.
4. The leaves of willow and acorn are covered with drops before bad weather.
5. Spruce branches reach out to the sun, fall down before the rain and cling to the trunk before a snowstorm.
6. If a spruce raises its branches during a downpour, it means that the rain will soon end and the clouds will disperse.
7. Conifers actively secrete resin in the face of bad weather.
8. Before a thunderstorm or storm, pine trees emit a hum that can be heard by putting your ear to the tree.
9. are not limited to predicting only rain and frost.
10. Plants also warn about what the coming season will be like.
11. If autumn leaves are falling rapidly, then you need to expect severe frosts and a harsh winter soon. And if the leaf fall is delayed, then the winter will be good.
12. Abundant amounts of frost on tree branches predict a hot summer.
13. When tree branches bend from the weight of snow, spring will be rainy. In the old days, this sign was used to determine that the year would be well-fed with abundant harvests.
14. Late-blooming rowan announces clear and sunny autumn and an abundance of mushrooms. If there are a lot of berries, then wait for showers and harsh winter, but the summer will be pleasant.
15. The more berries and mushrooms in the forest, the colder and snowier the winter will be. Beliefs say that this is how nature takes care of animals that need to survive long frosts.
16. If the oak tree blooms before the ash tree in the spring, the weather will be dry and without rain. If it’s the other way around, it will rain.
17. The rowan tree gave white flowers, and the maple blossomed its leaves - this means the end of the morning frosts.

In the field of forecasts, predictions and weather forecasting, birch is worth special mention. There are many signs associated with this tree.

• If by autumn the birch foliage turns yellow from the bottom to the top of the tree, then you can count on spring being delayed.
• If the birch leaves do not fall and linger until the 15th-20th of October, then winter will be late for the fasting period.
• If the birch foliage falls immediately, then there will be a thaw in February.
• The more sap a birch tree produces in the spring, the rainier the summer ahead.
• When the birch tree blooms ahead of the maple or alder, the following months will be dry. Otherwise, you can safely expect many rainy days.

This is all just small part signals from the plant world. There are countless signs both in the culture of our people and in any other. A considerable part of the signs can be explained with scientific point vision. Although, of course, there are thousands of superstitions that can only be called nonsense. Nevertheless, thanks to this knowledge, our grandfathers, great-grandfathers and their ancestors survived.