Flowering season in Vienna starts now: Hazel and alder cause increasing pollination

Bild: Pollenservice Wien/MedUni Wien - The hazel pollen season has begun. Some of the local alders are also already in bloom. This means that pollen allergy sufferers must prepare themselves for the first increase in pollen concentrations, as reported by the Pollenservice Vienna. The newly established service facility of the Medical University of Vienna provides regular updates on the current pollen situation in the Austrian capital on its website www.pollenservice.wien. The pollen season has begun. "We were already able to measure the occasional occurrence of hazel pollen last week," explains aerobiologist Katharina Bastl from the Pollenservice Vienna, "the mild weather at the beginning of the year ensured that some hazel catkins were ready to flower and were just waiting for sufficiently good conditions." For this year, however, the experts at MedUni Vienna expect the flower of hazel to be below average in intensity. Pollen forecast specifically for the city of Vienna.