Leaves changing color

[Sky]

2 Aug...I saw my first splash of leaf color on my street. It's an old maple, and this weater is certainly stressing the tree I'm sure. But I think 2 Aug is a tad early. More suumer...shorter fall...longer winter...Spring?...meh.

 

[severine]

I noticed some sugar maples yesterday with color as well. I noticed the same last year at the same time of year.

 

[snowmonster]

I guess this means I have to start packing my wetsuit to the beach. I'm as happy as most people to see that ski season is only a few months away. But, I'd trade an early start to the season for consistent dumps in January, February and March.

 

[wa-loaf]

I was up in Maine all weekend and didn't notice any, but I'll take your word for it.

 

[billski]

2 Aug...I saw my first splash of leaf color on my street. It's an old maple, and this weater is certainly stressing the tree I'm sure. But I think 2 Aug is a tad early. More suumer...shorter fall...longer winter...Spring?...meh.

the maple in our yard always does that to about a half dozen leaves. It's just a nice reminder, the best is yet to come!

 

[hammer]

A maple in our back yard dropped most of its leaves already...hope it's not dead. :sad:

Seeing changes on a lot of birch trees, which is typical for later in the month.

 

[drjeff]

A maple in our back yard dropped most of its leaves already...hope it's not dead. :sad:

Seeing changes on a lot of birch trees, which is typical for later in the month.

I've got a maple like that too. The arborist that my wife and I had look at it (the tree ALWAYS sheds branches in any breeze over about 10mph) basically was able to deduce that it was originally one of the nursery bought trees, and what often happens to the root ball as the tree grows is the roots will basically wrap themselves around each other and as the tree/roots grow, they'll eventually suffocate each other and tree death is a forgone conclusion

Look around the base and if you can see the roots headed into the ground in a crossing fashion (as opposed to directly away from the stump area, it's a good sign of root wrap. Also look for say 1 side or maybe even 1/2 of the tree bark where it peels away easy, if so that's the portion(s) of the tree that is supplied by that/those strangled root(s)

 

[Riverskier]

No change yet in southern/central Maine.

 

[billski]

Think I'll head over to the Denali Highway for first dibs.
Alaska, that is.

 

[PomfretPlunge]

I'd like to be a bear that hibernates during the summer and wakes up for winter

 

[riverc0il]

A leaf changing during the first week of August is like 0.1" snowfall on the top of Mount Washington during the summer. An interesting freak occurrence but not really a sign of anything substantial.

 

[BackLoafRiver]

I was up in Maine all weekend and didn't notice any, but I'll take your word for it.

Funny, I saw a little on Route 2 driving back from VT. There is a TINY bit of change in NH but around the Bethel area I was starting to notice more.

 

[Zand]

Noticed a few around here... sometimes we get those few leaves that change early but that's usually not until at least past the 15th.

 

[Greg]

First half of July was very dry and I had a lot of leaves change and many even fall. I think it has more to do with lack of water than any sign of early fall...

 

[noski]

We had snow in early May which damaged some of the leaves/buds. That is pretty stressful. You tend to see leaves changing in swampy areas and areas of disturbed soil (excavation etc). Nothing really changing in Central Vt at this point.

 

[NYDrew]

the only color by me is on the branches damaged by our recent storms.