Fall Color Pictures
Why do trees change color? Is it going to be a "good" color year? Find explanations in the links below or browse for pictures of your favorite trees.

Time-lapse movie of a leaf changing color

Time-lapse of a stand changing color

For More Information:

• Other VT Forest Biology and Tree ID sites
• The Miracle of Fall by University of Illinois extension
• Fall Color on About.com

Clicking on a tree will open that species in a new window (keep that window open to quickly click through the list):

Abelia xgrandiflora - glossy abelia
Acacia greggii - catclaw acacia
Acer barbatum - Florida maple
Acer buergerianum - trident maple
Acer campestre - hedge maple
Acer circinatum - vine maple
Acer ginnala - Amur maple
Acer glabrum - Rocky Mountain maple
Acer griseum - paperbark maple
Acer macrophyllum - bigleaf maple
Acer negundo - boxelder
Acer nigrum - black maple
Acer palmatum - Japanese maple
Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple
Acer platanoides - Norway maple
Acer pseudoplatanus - sycamore maple
Acer rubrum - red maple
Acer saccharinum - silver maple
Acer saccharum - sugar maple
Acer spicatum - mountain maple
Aesculus flava - yellow buckeye
Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye
Aesculus parviflora - bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus pavia - red buckeye
Ailanthus altissima - tree-of-Heaven
Alnus glutinosa - European black alder
Amelanchier alnifolia - Pacific serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry
Aristolochia macrophylla - Dutchman's pipe
Asimina triloba - pawpaw
Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis
Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch
Betula lenta - sweet birch
Betula nigra - river birch
Betula occidentalis - water birch
Betula papyrifera - paper birch
Betula pendula - European weeping birch
Betula populifolia - gray birch
Betula uber - roundleaf birch
Bignonia capreolata - crossvine
Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry
Bucida buceras - black olive
Buddleja davidii - butterfly-bush
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - pride-of-Barbados
Calycanthus floridus - common sweetshrub
Campsis radicans - trumpet creeper
Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam
Carya alba - mockernut hickory
Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory
Carya glabra - pignut hickory
Carya ovalis - red hickory
Carya ovata - shagbark hickory
Castanea dentata - American chestnut
Castanea mollissima - Chinese chestnut
Castanea pumila - Alleghany chinkapin
Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa
Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental bittersweet
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata - netleaf hackberry
Celtis occidentalis - hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush
Cercidiphyllum japonicum - katsuratree
Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud
Chaenomeles speciosa - common floweringquince
Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree
Chrysolepis chrysophylla - golden chinkapin
Cinnamomum camphora - camphortree
Cladrastis kentukea - yellowwood
Clematis terniflora - sweetautumn clematis
Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra
Comptonia peregrina - sweetfern
Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood
Cornus amomum - silky dogwood
Cornus florida - flowering dogwood
Cornus kousa - kousa dogwood
Cornus mas - Cornelian cherry dogwood
Cornus nuttallii - Pacific dogwood
Cornus sericea - red-osier dogwood
Corylus americana - American hazel
Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel
Cotinus obovatus - American smoketree
Crataegus spp. - hawthorn
Davidia involucrata - dove tree
Diervilla lonicera - northern bush-honeysuckle
Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon
Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive
Euonymus alatus - winged euonymus
Euonymus europaeus - spindletree
Fagus grandifolia - American beech
Fagus sylvatica - European beech
Forsythia spp. - forsythia
Frangula californica - California buckthorn
Frangula purshiana - Cascara buckthorn
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin tree
Fraxinus americana - white ash
Fraxinus angustifolia - narrowleaf ash
Fraxinus latifolia - Oregon ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash
Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry
Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry
Gelsemium rankinii - swamp jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens - false jessamine
Ginkgo biloba - ginkgo
Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust
Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree
Halesia diptera - two-wing silverbell
Halesia tetraptera - silverbell
Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel
Hedera helix - English ivy
Hibiscus syriacus - rose-of-sharon
Holodiscus discolor - oceanspray
Hydrangea anomala - climbing hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens - wild hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla - bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia - oakleaf hydrangea
Hypericum spp. - Saint Johnswort
Ilex decidua - deciduous holly
Ilex montana - mountain holly
Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly
Itea virginica - sweetspire
Iva frutescens - marsh-elder
Juglans cinerea - butternut
Juglans nigra - black walnut
Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel
Koelreuteria paniculata - goldenraintree
Kolkwitzia amabilis - beautybush
Laburnum xwatereri - goldenchain tree
Lagerstroemia indica - crapemyrtle
Larix kaempferi - Japanese larch
Larix laricina - tamarack
Larix occidentalis - western larch
Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe
Ligustrum obtusifolium - border privet
Lindera benzoin - spicebush
Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera - yellow-poplar
Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii - Morrow honeysuckle
Maclura pomifera - osage-orange
Magnolia acuminata - cucumbertree
Magnolia macrophylla - bigleaf magnolia
Magnolia stellata - star magnolia
Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay magnolia
Magnolia xsoulangiana - saucer magnolia
Mahonia aquifolium - tall Oregon-grape
Malus fusca - Oregon crabapple
Malus spp. - apple
Melia azedarach - Chinaberry
Metasequoia glyptostroboides - dawn redwood
Morus alba - white mulberry
Morus microphylla - Texas mulberry
Morus rubra - red mulberry
Nyssa aquatica - water tupelo
Nyssa biflora - swamp tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum
Oemleria cerasiformis - Indian-plum
Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam
Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston ivy
Paulownia tomentosa - royal paulownia
Phellodendron amurense - Amur corktree
Philadelphus coronarius - mockorange
Philadelphus inodorus - scentless mockorange
Philadelphus pubescens - hoary mockorange
Photinia pyrifolia - chokeberry
Photinia xfraseri - red tips
Physocarpus malvaceus - mallow ninebark
Pistacia chinensis - Chinese pistache
Platanus hybrida - London plane tree
Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore
Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange
Populus alba - European white poplar
Populus angustifolia - narrowleaf cottonwood
Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa - black cottonwood
Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood
Populus fremontii - Fremont cottonwood
Populus grandidentata - bigtooth aspen
Populus heterophylla - swamp cottonwood
Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen
Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum
Prunus avium - sweet cherry
Prunus cerasifera - purple leaf plum
Prunus emarginata - bitter cherry
Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum
Prunus pensylvanica - fire cherry
Prunus persica - peach
Prunus serotina - black cherry
Prunus serrulata - Kwanzan cherry
Prunus subhirtella - Higan cherry
Prunus virginiana - choke cherry
Prunus xyedoensis - Yoshino cherry
Pueraria montana - kudzu
Pyrus calleryana - Callery pear
Pyrus communis - common pear
Quercus acutissima - sawtooth oak
Quercus alba - white oak
Quercus bicolor - swamp white oak
Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak
Quercus falcata - southern red oak
Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak
Quercus imbricaria - shingle oak
Quercus incana - bluejack oak
Quercus laevis - turkey oak
Quercus laurifolia - laurel oak
Quercus lyrata - overcup oak
Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak
Quercus margarettae - sand post oak
Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak
Quercus michauxii - swamp chestnut oak
Quercus nigra - water oak
Quercus pagoda - cherrybark oak
Quercus palustris - pin oak
Quercus phellos - willow oak
Quercus prinus - chestnut oak
Quercus rubra - northern red oak
Quercus shumardii - Shumard oak
Quercus stellata - post oak
Quercus texana - Nuttall oak
Quercus velutina - black oak
Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides - pink azalea
Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac
Rhus copallinum - shining sumac
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
Rhus kearneyi - Kearney's sumac
Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac
Robinia hispida - bristly locust
Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust
Rosa multiflora - multiflora rose
Rosa rugosa - rugosa rose
Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany blackberry
Rubus flagellaris - dewberry
Rubus occidentalis - black raspberry
Rubus parviflorus - thimbleberry
Rubus phoenicolasius - wine raspberry
Salix babylonica - weeping willow
Salix discolor - pussy willow
Salix nigra - black willow
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - American elderberry
Sassafras albidum - sassafras
Smilax glauca - catbrier
Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier
Solanum dulcamara - bitter nightshade
Sorbus alnifolia - Korean mountain-ash
Sorbus americana - American mountain-ash
Sorbus aucuparia - European mountain-ash
Sorbus sitchensis - Sitka mountain-ash
Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut
Stewartia spp. - stewartia
Styphnolobium japonicum - Japanese pagoda tree
Symplocos tinctoria - common sweetleaf
Syringa reticulata - Japanese tree lilac
Syringa vulgaris - common lilac
Tamarix gallica - tamarisk
Taxodium ascendens - pondcypress
Taxodium distichum - baldcypress
Tilia americana - American basswood
Tilia cordata - littleleaf linden
Tilia petiolaris - silver linden
Toxicodendron diversilobum - Pacific poisonoak
Toxicodendron pubescens - poison-oak
Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy
Triadica sebifera - Chinese tallow tree
Ulmus americana - American elm
Ulmus minor - field elm
Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm
Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm
Ulmus rubra - slippery elm
Ulmus thomasii - rock elm
Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum - big huckleberry
Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium parvifolium - red huckleberry
Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry
Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum carlesii - Koreanspice viburnum
Viburnum dentatum - arrowwood
Viburnum dilatatum - linden viburnum
Viburnum ellipticum - western viburnum
Viburnum lantana - wayfaringtree viburnum
Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. opulus - European cranberrybush viburnum
Viburnum plicatum - doublefile viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw
Viburnum rhytidophyllum - leatherleaf viburnum
Vitis aestivalis - summer grape
Weigela florida - old fashioned weigela
Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria
Xanthorhiza simplicissima - yellowroot
Zelkova serrata - Japanese zelkova