Our leaf color is now at approximately twenty five percent. This is due in part to the cool nights we have experienced this week. Fall color will continue to grow steadily as the nighttime temperatures drop. A few individual trees have completely turned, while others only show color at the tips of their branches. The sugar maples, red maples, black gums, sourwoods and dogwoods are leading the way with burgundy, reds and some orange. Poplars, silverbells and buckeyes are just starting to add some nice yellow. The sweet gums have started to turn burgundy at the tips of their branches. The hawthorn berries have joined dogwoods, hollies and viburnums, showing off beautiful fall fruit.
Peak color is on its way as it slowly cascades down the mountains to Santeetlah Lake.
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