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The Sespe Wilderness covers a huge area (291,700-acres) in the eastern Topatopa Mountains and southern Sierra Pelona within Los Padres National Forest in Southern California’s Ventura County. The terrain is mostly chapparal with oak woodland and riparian habitats along Sespe Creek. Predominant fall color plants include landmark Frémont cottonwood, rubber rabbitbrush, willow and other shrubs. […]
dump \ transitive verb \’dəmp : to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass // bigleaf maple trees dumped their leaves in the Bear River. — Source: Merriam-Webster From the headline, you might have thought this article would be about bear scat, but that would require a different definition. Instead, color […]
Saturday was special throughout California. It was particularly so for those lucky few camping at Lake Hemet in Southern California’s San Jacinto Mountains. The Golden Hour seemed to be an all-day affair at Lake Hemet Campgrounds and nearby Idyllwild with the low angle of autumn light warming every scene from sunrise to sunset. Bald […]
Black oak growing in Plumas County’s Feather River Canyon are dressed for Halloween wearing their brightest orange and black. Color spotter Crys Black, “saw some of the best, most consistent color of the season,” on a Saturday drive from Marysville by heading east on the Quincy/La Porte Rd up into the Northern Sierra through Strawberry […]
Black leaf spot can be lovely, we just discovered. Jake Puchalski toured the June Lake Loop on Saturday and appreciated, “a really cool mix of greying leaves blended throughout” peaking aspen. The grey Jake saw was a blend of bare trees whose grey limbs had dropped their leaves and aspen groves still carrying leaves damaged […]
There’s something about taking a long, slow weekend drive in a classic Cadillac, especially on a beautiful autumn day. Roll down the windows and take in the sweet smells of autumn leaves as they tumble about you. I recall drives like that in my mother’s two-toned mint/forest green ’56 Sedan de Ville with satin brocade […]
Japan is renowned for its beautiful autumn colors. So, when color spotter Julie Kirby wrote saying she was traveling to Japan and hoped that the Japanese maple would be peaking, I encouraged her to send pictures. She was there as fall color was at the upper end of Patchy, so the forests were not full […]
Jack-O’-Lanterns used to be simple: triangle eyes, a crooked smile and candle inside. No more. Halloween has become a major holiday, not just a silly night of revelry. And, Jack-O’-Lanterns are a big deal. Southern California color spotter Kathy Jonokuchi alerted us to what’s happening at King Gillette Ranch In Calabasas. She was there to […]
The Western Sierra follows its Eastern Sierra neighbors in peaking, because its most-profuse deciduous foliage grows at lower elevations. Presently, Pacific dogwood, bigleaf maple, Frémont cottonwood and black oak are presenting a palette of pink, crimson, yellow, gold and orange colors in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Valley’s famous sugar maple peaked in mid October, though […]
Southern California color spotter Alena Nicholas sends these images from Odessa a Ukrainian city on the Black Sea. Odessa is the third-most populous city in the Ukraine and one of the most visited in Eastern Europe. Alena’s images show a bit of the fall color that fills its parks, the city center and Black Sea […]