Natural History Wanderings

California Fall Color reports on

Redding 11/1/16

There are Fremont cottonwood, bigleaf maple, Oregon ash and willow among them. The color ranges from bold red-orange to splashes of yellow and gold. The river bank is inhabited mostly by native oak woodland and though we rate Redding as peaking, the color should continue develop for a week or two more.

Redding – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!

See photos at  Peak of the Week: Redding

California Highway 3  10/31/16

 Driving CA-3 north from Weaverville past Trinity Lake and the Trinity Alps at this time of year, you truly are on a highway to heaven.

Bold color fills the forest. In places, it is a virtual corridor of autumn drama.

…dogwood blushing in the woods and bigleaf maple, vine maple, cottonwood, alder, aspen, chokecherry and oaks lighting streams, forests and roads with autumn color.

California State Highway 3 – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!

See photos at California Fall Color » Blog Archive » Highway to Heaven