Forecast

Mugwort and ragweed are blooming in Upper Austria!

On uncultivated areas, embankments and weed communities, the impact of mugwortis moderate to strong on warm and dry days. Ragweed is a subordinate and more localised to regional occurrence. The focus of the allergically aggressive ragweed, which originates from America, is in the eastern and south-eastern federal states. From there, the species spreads mainly along the Danube and motorways to Upper Austria, where it is more common in the warmer Linz basin and in the Upper Austrian central region (see ragweed Zentralraum (see ragweedfinder.at). Allergy sufferers should avoid these potential locations, as the pollen can also be carried by the wind in prevailing easterly and southerly winds. Particularly on warm, dry days, pollen from goosefoot plants and plantain can increase exposure in weed communities and on path and meadow edges