We've got some bright sumac going on right now, if you can just get it to hold still...
Posted by Bill Dark on October 10, 2008 at 9:08 AM
That is some beautiful color Tim! I've been wanting to shoot some sumac - looks like this weekend would be great.
Your photo reminds me of a similar-looking plant (leaf shape, pattern and growth habit) I saw in Colorado, except the ones in CO had lots of bright red berries. I'm sure you must have seen some of it when you were out there. Any idea what it might be? I'll try to post a picture of some later...
Yup, I've got lots of photos of that plant too - never knew what it was but I'm sure Master Kurz will chime in when he gets a break (he has been working like a dog on a new book that we are publishing about 100 scenic areas in Missouri - it will be a roadmap for nature photographers!).
It should be a good weekend for underbrush color in the Ozarks, with some trees showing nice color too. I'll be out all weekend cutting out a corridor to the beginning of the Ozark Highlands Trail so I'll be cutting down some color along the way with a chain saw but will try not to look! Hope everyone gets some good stuff...
Posted by Bill Dark on October 10, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Tim, here's a shot of that shrub that reminded me of sumac. What do you think the trees will look like around Richland Creek in two weeks?
Posted by PAMERNST on October 10, 2008 at 10:45 PM
They will probably look a couple more weeks advanced from where they are today! Who knows. I suspect you guys will be able to run around and find great color that weekend without too much trouble. I'll be out shooting every day beginning on this Monday until the last leaf falls in November/December (I'm working on a new picture book) - and I'm sure I'll hit Richland/Falling Water a time or two so you can keep up with the Journal for specifics.
You have mountain ash, however, it is not an ash. So much for common names...
Believe it or not, it is in the rose family (Rosaceae). It does look like a sumac except sumacs are in the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae). Plant families can be confusing but taxonomists look at fruit and flower anatomy as well as leaves and put them in families with similar traits. Too bad we don't have an Ozark mountain ash or a Ouachita mountain ash. Maybe someday...
Best,
Don
Posted by TIMERNST on October 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Actually we have quite a bit of "mountain ash" here in Arkansas - that is what is left of the forest when the forest service plays with matches...
Posted by Bill Dark on October 11, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Thanks for the ID Don! BTW, some Royal Catchfly was found down here in Madison County recently - believed to be the first documented sighting there.
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7 repliesYour photo reminds me of a similar-looking plant (leaf shape, pattern and growth habit) I saw in Colorado, except the ones in CO had lots of bright red berries. I'm sure you must have seen some of it when you were out there. Any idea what it might be? I'll try to post a picture of some later...
It should be a good weekend for underbrush color in the Ozarks, with some trees showing nice color too. I'll be out all weekend cutting out a corridor to the beginning of the Ozark Highlands Trail so I'll be cutting down some color along the way with a chain saw but will try not to look! Hope everyone gets some good stuff...
You have mountain ash, however, it is not an ash. So much for common names...
Believe it or not, it is in the rose family (Rosaceae). It does look like a sumac except sumacs are in the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae).
Best,
Don