Pollen Count

The following pollen counts were collected by Dr. Mary Jelks who resides in Sarasota. Dr. Jelks is a retired physician whose specialty was treating allergies. She is a certified pollen and mold counter on the National Allery Bureau.

July 26, 2008      
     
Allergin Count Result Type
TREES    2 LOW  
WEEDS   13 MOD AMBROSIA
TYPHUS
GRASS 0 ABSENT  
FUNGI   9389 MOD  
ACER 0    
ALNUS 0    
AMBROSIA 9    
palm 2    
ARTEM 0    
BETU 0    
ASTERAC 0    
CARYA 0    
Celtis 0    
CHEN/AM 0    
CUPRES 0    
CYPERA 0    
Eup/bacc 0    
Fagus 0    
gras 0    
FRAX 0    
MORU 0    
JUGL 0    
Myrica/cas 0    
LIQ 0    
PINE 0    
PLAT 0    
QUER 0    
RUMEX 0    
SALIX  0    
TILIA  0    
TYPHA  2    
ULMUS 0    
URTICA 2    
OTH tree 0    
OTH weed 0    
UNID PO 0    
T. POLLEN 15cu.M.    
AGROC(BS) 11    
Altern 139    
BOTRYTIS  0    
Cercospo 0    
Chaetom 0    
Cladosp 3078    
Coprin 517    
Curvul 22    
Diatrypt 0    
Drecsh 50    
Epicocc 0    
Fusarium 0    
Ganode 1239    
Leptosp 367    
Nigrosp 0    
OID/ERYS 0    
oth fungi  17    
PCN/AS 533    
Pericon 0    
Peronosp 6    
Pithom 33    
PLEOSP 6    
POLYTHRIN 0    
RUST 0    
SMUT  628    
STEMPH  0    
TOR 6    
undiffASC 689    
undifBAS 1711    
UNIDENT 328    
TOT.FU 9389/cu.M.    

 

Pollen Count by Dr. Mary Jelks


The trees are releasing pollen early, but not nearly as many as last year when we produced a record for oak pollen. The squirrels seem to know the year will be good as we have a record number of young squirrels. It is difficult to trap feral hogs when there are so many acorns