The Seneca word for a pleasant valley is Genessee, and California’s so-named place certainly is.
There, bigleaf maple, exotic elms and black oaks are changing more rapidly than in past years, reinforcing several observations of early fall color in the Northern Sierra.
Plumas County color spotter Jeff Luke Titcomb reports that the “maples are changing quickly. Greenville is about 20% at 3,400 feet but the change is going more quickly at lower elevations down to 2,200 feet.”
Driving through North Canyon to Round Valley Reservoir, he found bigleaf maple and creek dogwood at 30% change.
- Genessee (3,701′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Greenville (3,586′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Round Valley (5,692′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Feather River Canyon (2,000 to 3,000′) – Patchy (10-50%)
