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Color spotters from around the state have sent reports on what’s showing as November and daylight saving time arrives. Western El Dorado County (Near Peak 50 -75%) — The brilliant orange-red of exotic Chinese pistache is a show stopper along El Dorado Hills Boulevard and at all US 50 exits in Placerville. Newtown Rd between Placerville […]
Northern California is braced for its first major storm of the coming winter. So, I took camera in hand this morning to photograph the exotic trees in my yard that are near peaking, to capture their beauty before the storm. Chinese pistache (pistacia chinensis) is a slow-growing ornamental tree from China whose foliage turns day-glo […]
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanical Garden (Patchy — 10 — 50%) — Color spotter Frank McDonough estimates the LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is about a third of the way to peak, moving it from Just Starting to Patchy. McDonough said it’s hard to determine how the fall color will develop though, with […]
The Shasta Cascade region of northeast California is a slow developer of fall color, then… WHAM! Presently, Lassen and Siskiyou Counties are Near Peak and Plumas County becomes the first in the Shasta Cascade to go to full Peak with its quaint towns, forested hills and color-draped streams in full glow. The photograph of Quincy’s […]
Yosemite Valley (Near Peak 50 — 75%) — A photo posted by a Yosemite friend on her Facebook page shows a black oak peaking in Cook’s Meadow with frost on the meadow. It inspired calls to Yosemite. My friend said some of the black oaks in the Valley are beautiful and at peak, some are […]
Modern Hiker correspondent, hiker and color spotter Scott Turner spent yesterday afternoon at Mt. Laguna in eastern San Diego County and provides these compelling images of the effect of drought on trees that live at the edge of a desert. Black oak there, which would normally be a vivid mix of green, lime, yellow, orange, […]
We’ve reported that this is the autumn that just won’t die and that’s seen in these photographs taken by Alena Barnhart along US 395. Color spotters Nick and Alena Barnhart term the areas where color persists as “pockets of resistance.” That means, even though “crazy” wind should have stripped trees of leaves (as occurred last […]
South Fork, American River (US 50) (Near Peak — 50 — 75%) — Color spotter Kimberly Kofala reports that points along the American River above Pollock Pines is now approaching peak with “oaks, golden willows and grasses are cloaked in gold. While probably not quite at peak yet, all the trees and shrubbery are turning; […]
This will likely be the last week for any significant color in the Eastern Sierra, so if you hope to see any color in the Eastern Sierra, go immediately. Otherwise, you’ll likely be reading that YOU MISSED IT. Mono County color spotter Alicia Vennos recommends this week’s Hike of the Week along Lower Rock Creek […]
Color spotter Walter Gabler traveled the Redwood Highway between Ukiah and Fortuna in search of fall color. Walt reported the color was beautiful, though spotty along US 101. He said the best color is seen between Willits and Ukiah, near the highway, but it is patchy. Brilliant yellow, chartreuse, orange and lime are seen in […]