red oak

Red oak seen at Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany. (MATT MALONEY PHOTO)

By Matt Maloney

The leaves are starting to drop in earnest now, yards and trails filling in with a thick carpet of dried leaves. However, traveling about and exploring trails over the past few days has led me to discover a second wave of color that is coming on strong in the valleys and lower slopes of mountains protected from winds. A closer look reveals that the red oaks, beech and aspen trees are providing most of this new foliage with a little help from a few sugar maples that have gone from orange to yellow.

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