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PBJ_ad_astra t1_iraxpc0 wrote

As a native Northeasterner, I submit that not all color-changing leaves are equally brilliant. The best fall colors come in places where you have a dense mixture of red maples + sugar maples, i.e. Vermont and the Michigan upper peninsula.

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yahhhguy t1_ircgqfh wrote

It’s true, and this is the year for reds. The yellows (beech, birch, etc) have missed the brilliant highlighter phase this year for some reason, we’re seeing more school bus yellow to brown mustard yellow.

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TackoFell t1_ireao22 wrote

I believe one of the most important differences between the northern and southern parts of this map is also, in the north the transition happens more all at once, where in the south it’s more gradual - not all the trees pop at once. I’ve lived in northern and southern hot spots on this map, and individual trees still become gorgeous down south, it’s just not the dramatic “the forest is ablaze in the sunlight” thing you get in the north

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harryhalibut t1_ircyog0 wrote

Same thing happening on the north of shore of Lake Superior in what is currently Minnesota.

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Messier_82 t1_ird3n91 wrote

Is Canada trying to take it? Is this some sort of threat? 🤨

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