2011's Unusual Foliage - Northern Woodlands Magazine

March 13, 2012  •  Leave a Comment

As many fellow photographers and hikers know all too well, thanks to a variety of unusual weather and climate events, the 2011 foliage season was unusual, and in many areas rather drab and/or short-lived. For an upcoming autumn issue of Northern Woodlands magazine, I'm putting together a text/photo article that details the relationship between climate and foliage on both short and long-term intervals, in the process addressing the anthracnose that affected sugar maples and other hardwoods, salt spray from Hurricane Irene, and the unusually mid autumn and how it reflects a long-term trend. Call it making the best of an often bad situation! The photo below shows late foliage at Quabbin Reservoir after the first of two unusual October snowstorms.

 

Quabbin Reservoir Autumn Snowstorm

 

 

Keywords: anthracnose, autumn, climate, foliage, hurricane irene, john burk, new england, sugar maple

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