I took stock of the deciduous trees while crunching through yesterday’s lovely leaf-strewn morning walk. The ash, maple and aspen trees are for the most part taking their rest now and the tamaracks aren’t far behind. Many others are still mostly green but are inevitably tilting toward yellow.
These are cottonwoods.
While living in southern Alberta I grew to appreciate the cottonwoods a lot. They thrive there and provide many advantages to humans, birds and animals alike. On the prairies they drop their leaves much earlier, so it’s lovely to see them wearing their summer garb well into November.
Happy Friday.
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Thank you very much. 🙂
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There are some cottonwoods near the store where I work and every year our warehouse fills with the windblown fluffy seeds they produce.
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They are definitely prolific! Sometimes there are so many they look like snow piled up on the street margins.
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Trillions of leaves are still green in my urban/suburban area. Autumn around here isn’t as colorful as it often is.
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We had a lot of colour even though there were a lot of heat-stressed trees in late summer. Apparently it’s normal in this area for some tree species to hang on to their leaves as long as possible. Sorry to hear your colours haven’t been great.
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I love the crunch of fall leaves under my feet too. Beautiful photos of very lush trees.
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Thank you very much, Ally. Leaf crunching brings back a lot of childhood memories of playing in the piles of them.
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Autumn splendour comes to mind Lynette. We were so pleased to drive between Hope and Vancouver and see so many leaves still on the trees. No doubt, you are counting down the days until vacay. Enjoy the break. Allan
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Thanks, Allan.
After six winters in NWT I’m pleased too! Actually, we leave this afternoon for Calgary, Toronto on Saturday and DR on Sunday. My next batch of photos will be beachy and sunny. 😎
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Thank you. 🙂
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I check out the trees too and they’re pretty bare here. None wearing their “summer garb” anymore 😏
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I’m surprised at how many have lasted this long given that lots were very heat-stressed; their leaves just dried up and fell off. Sorry to hear that all of yours are finished. Autumn tends to move slowly in this valley.
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Cedars and pines still work their charm 😊
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They sure do!
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Yes, come fall the deciduous trees are a whole palette of changing colours. And oh those cottonwoods! I remember them from Calgary, where they arched & swayed the length of my street, but also from living on Toronto Island. Each spring we had what we called “cotton fluff season,” when we had to sweep the highly flammable fluff off our roofs to reduce the risk of fire caused by a spark from someone’s chimney.
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We have had some spectacular colours this autumn. Cottonwoods are the prairies’ natural trees for sure. I also remember the drifts of cotton fluff everywhere, piled up almost like snow. Yes, unless there’s a reason to be vigilant around it, I love watching it float everywhere!
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