Exotics Light Up Grass Valley
Non-native, landscaped maples are lighting up Grass Valley in hues of orange and salmon, Robert Kermen reports.
Fall color creds to whoever can ID this type of maple. Update: And Evelyn gets the creds, identifying the tree as Acer Rubrum (red maple), common to eastern and central North America.
Sugar Maple?
No reports from Yosemite, as yet.
Don’t forget the very walkable, self-guided tree tour through the old Victorian streets of Nevada City …
http://www.nevadacitychamber.com/nevada-city-things-to-do/outdoor-recreation/victorian-california-fall-colors-tour/
Acer rubrum
Thanks, Evelyn. You get the creds… Acer Rubrum, red maple, native to eastern and central North America, a common landscaped ornamental tree.