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Thread: Fall Colors Already?
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08-23-2012, 02:04 PM #1
Fall Colors Already?
I've been riding in the mornings before work and have really noticed the leaves starting to change...ALREADY? What does this say about our fall and winter season? August seems early to me.
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08-23-2012 02:04 PM # ADS
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08-23-2012, 02:22 PM #2
Re: Fall Colors Already?
What does this say about our fall and winter season? August seems early to me.
Drought = stressed leaves = early color change and color not as brilliant.
It's happening in a lot of places right now:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=leaves+...c=0-0&sp=-1&sk=Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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08-23-2012, 03:53 PM #3
Re: Fall Colors Already?
I was thinking the same thing but the USFS link (from your bing search) mentions that a summer drought should delay the change. From the sounds of it, the drought should pushing plants to develop their "abscission layers" sooner and before the leaves change color. I.E.....we should see leaves dropping in late summer after a drought that are still mostly green.
That is what I gleaned from multiple inks.
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08-23-2012, 04:08 PM #4
Fall Colors Already?
I've been seeing it for a couple weeks now in weber canyon.
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08-23-2012, 06:53 PM #5
Re: Fall Colors Already?
It's that common phenomonom wherein we are mentally not ready for summer to end... So we believe the leaves are changing early. Leaves changing are more a factor of sunlight and less about temps (as evidenced by the current temps), hence they typically change at the same time every year - allowing for minor offsets due to drought, excessive wetness, temp extremes, etc... But mostly just the diminishing hours of sunlight - longest day of year was 2 months ago.
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08-28-2012, 08:18 PM #6
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08-28-2012, 08:56 PM #7
Fall Colors Already?
Football...YES!!!
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