INDIANAPOLIS -- Have you noticed something seems a little off about our trees this fall?
It’s the middle of October, and many leaves are still green. This time, you CAN blame the weather!
While we are typically close to our peak fall color by now, Matthew Lord, Outreach Coordinator with the Community and Urban Forestry Program, said you can blame the rain and current temperatures.
“Current cooler temperatures and the large amount of rainfall that much of the state of Indiana has experienced over the last week or so has slowed down the fall color change in many of our native trees and shrubs," he said.
Those trees which are bringing pops of yellows, reds and oranges to the landscape aren’t holding their leaves very long.
Lord says most of those are the Ohio Buckeye and Tulip Poplar. He expects the change in color to stay rather gradual for the next couple of weeks.
So, will this be the year we miss out on great fall color Indiana is known for?
“Peak viewing of foliage should occur across the northern part of the State beginning over the next few weeks and start to move southward through Indiana as the weather cools,” Lord said.
You can stay on top of the fall color by viewing the Brown County Leaf Cam.
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