Bay Area Looking Up

Exotic trees growing along city streets and in parks in the San Francisco Bay Area have moved toward peak with lots of dazzling color to be seen in urban forests.

Color spotter Lucas Yan comments, “it’s still slightly early for Sunnyvale (though) many of the trees have already started to turn color.”

He found gingkos with “bursts of yellow,  tulip trees “a vibrant orange,” and many sweetgums that line the streets have turned red. He’s looking forward to the hot hues of Chinese pistache, which are still muted. Though clearly, literally and figuratively fall color is looking up in the Bay Area.