This sugar maple leaf shows multiple different pigments that cause it to appear green (chlorophyll), yellow (carotenoid) and red (anthocyanin). Summer has given way to fall, and with that the green of ...

Deciduous trees have unique autumn leaf colors that are specific to every species. ... a tree's common name is derived from its primary autumn leaf color, such as red maple and yellow poplar.

Consider planting red maple for great Spring and Autumn color. ... 'Bowhall': Grows in all 50 states, somewhat pyramidal shape, very similar to Norway maple, red to orange to yellow leaf display.

Emily Dickinson, another 19th-century Massachusetts poet, also distinguished the maple in the last stanza of her poem “Autumn”: “The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown.

Visitors flock to Québec City during autumn for its foliage and maple syrup. New England tourists are easy to come by in Québec during leaf-peeping season ...