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Runners canyon through a acreage of candied clover abreast Marshall Mesa beforehand this week. ( Greg Lindstrom )

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This summer, back travelers acme Davidson Mesa while headed west into Boulder on U.S. 36, they're greeted with a panorama of chicken candied clover, a edger that seems to backfire every few years, carpeting fields and roadsides.

Yellow candied clover, an invasive breed that was alien in the United States from Europe in the 18th century, thrives in brilliant areas that accept been abashed by contest such as grazing, alley cuts or fire.

This year's compensation could be accompanying to the wind that scoured Boulder in the winter of 2008-09. Chicken candied clover about acts as a biennial and rarely flowers in its aboriginal year.

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"It was the altitude that occurred aftermost year, not this year, that accustomed the plants," said Timothy Seastedt, a edger able at the University of Colorado. "The altitude this year gave it the addition to accomplish itself visible."

Seastedt said he can't yet say whether this year's "pulse" of plants is beyond than added clover-friendly years, but abstracts calm throughout the summer will accord him added advice in the fall.

Sharon Bokan, who works in Boulder County's agronomical addendum office, said she's additionally not abiding if there's added candied clover this year or whether the clover is aloof added obvious.

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"With the damp we accustomed this spring, it is apparently taller and convalescent attractive than in accomplished years," she said.

While the bulb can be begin abreast some Boulder County trails -- such as the Cowdrey Draw Trail at Marshall Mesa south of Boulder -- it doesn't about curl in accustomed areas or well-managed grasslands area built-in grasses accept a close hold, Seastedt said.

Though the plant, which is a admired stop for honeybees, is already in abounding blossom (and will abide to annual all summer long), it may not be accepting a huge appulse on abhorrence sufferers, according to the Boulder Valley Abhorrence and Asthma Clinic.

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