Autumn Color Expression For Selected Trees (SE-US) (Revised)
University Outreach Publication
List of trees and their dominant fall colors.
Scientific name, common name, and fall color range are provided for tree species found in the Southeastern United States. Colors were placed into basic wavelength categories. Color descriptions which are hyphenated denote a first dominant color modified by the second listed color. No metallic, artistic, or whimsical color descriptions are used. Color intensity and purity change across the color expression season. Early in the season chlorophyll green will taint color expression. Late in the season or after severe frosts, dead tissue’s brown colors will modify colors expressed. Average color expression as observed by the author, or cited for each tree species, is listed following the Coder Leaf Color Code values presented in Figure 1. Table 1 summarizes the range of colors from the tree species listed here
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Dr. Kim D. Coder
September 2008
Warnell School, University of Georgia
Athens, GA, USA
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Abiotic Factors, Aesthetics, Biology (tree), Ecology, Health (tree), Identification, Landscape Ecology, Nursery, Selection (tree), Silvics, Species Selection, Stress & Stressors
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern, Piedmont, Southeast, Southern, Mid-Atlantic, North Central
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