What's Happening in November

 Though there is a lot of activity within the trees this month, preparing for the winter, outside  there is the color change and the leaf fall.  What to be mindful of?  Some trees, tulips and elms have already lost most of their leaves in the first week of November.  Here are some variations on color, some suggesting the identification of  the tree.  Color is  "overdetermined", humidity, temperature, light, many factors.

maples, bright yellow to red

Large maple, possible silver maple, below is red oak, dull red
but holding most of its leaves

So driving in western Maryland (Rocky Gap)  you might expect the dull red trees on the far hill to be oaks.  The remaining yellow-green to be maples.  At the Y we are dealing with a small sample however.

There have been recent online comments about Ginkgo trees shedding their leaves all at once causing a golden carpet beneath. Below is from Roland Park but there may be Ginkgo trees closer.

Hillside at Rocky Gap, dull red trees may be oaks.

A Gingko tree with overnight leaf shedding.