It's beginning to look a lot like fall in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At the highest elevations, like Clingman's Dome, some trees have already lost their leaves, while others are still an end-of-season green. Along Newfound Gap Road and other roadways in the park, sourwoods, dogwoods, Virginia creeper, and a few maples are deep red.
The changing leaves aren't the only color added to the mountain palette. Fall wildflowers such as cardinal flower, black-eyed Susan, coreopsis, great blue lobelia, skunk goldenrod, southern harebell, ironweed, and a variety of asters are still blooming. The bright fruits on trees such as dogwoods and shrubs such as hearts-a-bustin are eye-catching now.Get more information and direct links to NC Fall Leaf color reports HERE
photos courtesy of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
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