While people are tempted to say they have spring tree pollen allergies, it is helpful to know the exact types of trees you are sensitive to -- that way you can watch the pollen counts more efficiently.

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"If you have a choice to plan an outdoor event versus an indoor event, people with spring allergies, who have tree pollen allergies, would be better off choosing indoor activities during the peak pollen season, " he said.

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The evolution of recovery is much like a tree budding in the spring.

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The spring allergy capitals are based on tree pollen counts, while the fall cities are ranked on ragweed pollen counts from September through November of the previous years.

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He winched the tip of the tree all the way down so it made a big spring and then Frankie held on like a Koala bear while Gary cut the rope with a machete.

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Not surprisingly, Glander makes full use of what's right around him--our spring weekend was heavy on ramps, young peas, sheep's-milk ricotta and hemlock (from the tree, not the poisonous plant).

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Whether filming hippos in the clear water of Mzima Spring, flamingo chicks in a dried-out soda lake or the complex layers of life within a massive baobab tree, the Roots always let their subjects tell their own stories making astonishing discoveries along the way.

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