I’ve seen parts of 5 counties in the last 5 days from Fayette to Madison to Jackson to Rockcastle to Pulaski here in S-Central KY…all have more color than your photo of your place at this point in time.
Red maples (acer rubrum) and hybrids are really colored up…and some are losing leaves in stiff breeze as I type this. Sugar maples are yellow and orange-yellow here and are not falling yet. Black gum is past prime in peak deep crimson color. Hickory is yellowish but not yet true golden. Sumac is red/crimson. Oaks are not turned.
walnut trees near leafless but not nutless, cornus floridus dogwood are pretty scarlet and orange hues…excellent color.
Still not quite peak color I don’t think…but it’s scattered so by time some tree peak color, others are likely to be leafless. Many sweet gum are slightly yellow…not colored up yet.
Virginian. Posts picture of Virginia Creeper. It figures.
(You ever hike the Va Creeper Trail in Marion,VA? I actually have not, but have had the joys shared by some that have.)
(The other red leaves in your forest picture appear to be on a sourwood tree.)
I sure wish I were a better photographer. The end of today’s walk, looking back towards our homestead. My walking partner and I both agreed this morning…this year was the worst year we’ve seen for late September/early October fall colors, AND the best year we’ve seen for mid to late October fall colors.
I’ve been waiting for some quaking aspen leaf photos from someone in the rockies.
I was sitting at lunch one September in Ruidoso, NM next to an aspen in full color. I finally understood the term ‘quaking aspen’ as the leaves really dance in a breeze.
Our quaking aspen have been done for a few weeks now. Your comment about understanding the name made me smile. On days with even just a slight breeze they’ll be shimmering. I live in a very quiet area (most days), and the noise they make in a slight breeze is almost startling some days.
Being a nerd I was studying the leaves to figure out why they quake. The leaves are very symmetrical on each side of the petiole and center rib so when the wind hits it oscillates from one side to another
Strange cause my aspens are what I would consider peak or just past. I do know that you have had more drought conditions than I have so maybe that’s partly the reason.
Noticed a tree along I-75 northbound around marker 74 just inside Madison County today. Could not identify as speeding by…if a sugar maple, it’s the reddest, prettiest I’ve seen in years. If Sassafras, it’s record size. Doesn’t appear to be a red maple.
In the forest just outside the fence near the Interstate. (Sorry, no picture.)
