Fall Color Update Thread

Rod Kissinger suggested that I start a thread for people to post fall color updates. I encourage each of you to add to this thread any information you have on the current status of fall color in your area. Get as specific as you like so that others may know where peak conditions are occurring.

Thanks in advance!

Poison ivy and Virginia creeper are peaking in the Buffalo River area of Arkansas right now - some really nice color this year. Young black gums have some brilliant color as well. Dogwoods are mostly turning dark red and not the brilliant color they normally do. Sassafras is just beginning to come on but still mostly green. A few maples are turning to rust. Sumac is doing well, but I think we had too much rain lately and they are spotty - some plants will have a dozen great leaves and the rest of the plant will be green, or dying off. It has been a banner year for goldenrod - not really a fall leaf that has turned color but a plant I associate with fall anyway. Overall right now I think the underbrush is late turning color yet I am seeing some color in trees that are normally a couple of weeks away - too much rain in early September. The overall view from my back deck shows color in the edges of many trees out there, yet still 95% green. It is going to be a great, yet weird fall.

Only the Sumac has started to turn here in SouthArk.

Didn't get to go to Colorado for fall foliage this year. I'm ready for some eastern Oklahoma and NW Arkansas.

The Missouri Conservation Department posts fall color development by region every Friday during autumn. Foresters in each region submit their observations. I think that this is a valuable aid if you are wanting to photograph fall colors in Missouri or in bordering states at the same latitude.

http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/seasons/fall/