Natural History Wanderings

California Fall Color has a fall color report for the Shasta Cascade. Here are some excerpts

firey red knotweed,  on the trail northeast of Cliff Lake “In the past, this color typically holds for quite some time before leaves fall off. I don’t know if this will be the case this year.”

“It appears that the aspen lost leaves early due to the lack of water. There was a very short period that they were in full color, but lost the leaves quickly.

At Manzanita Lake, there is no “stand out color yet, and we may not see that either because of the lack of water.”

bigleaf maple “are just barely getting into color change, but again dry weather is causing browning and falling leaves before they have the chance to change color.”

predict there will be weeks more of color in the beautiful Indian Valley. About 25% of the dogwood have begun to color their trademark rose to red tones.

Patchy (10-50%) – Lassen Volcanic National Park – Drought has shortened the show among some aspen that have begun to turn, though most of the forest has not and should turn on schedule.

Patchy (10-50%) – Round Valley, Plumas County – About a quarter of the bigleaf maple at the Round Valley Reservoir near Greenville have begun to turn. Some of the big leaves are drying quickly, once they turn. Similarly, dogwood are showing their rosy blush.

See photos and full report : California Fall Color » Blog Archive » Shasta Cascade – Fire and Ice (Hike of the Week)