I was away over the weekend and did not have time to photograph and prepare a Wild post, so I thought I'd share these leaves from northern red oak (Quercus rubra) that I photographed the previous weekend.
Usually it seems that oak leaves just go straight to brown, but this tree was on fire. Maybe it's just that I don't notice the oak leaves until all of the other leaves have fallen. Oak, like American beech, are often marcescent, their brittle brown leaves rattling in the winter wind.
What's wild in your neck of the woods?
We have a few red oaks near us they are beautiful aren't they, guess that's how they got their name ;)
ReplyDeleteYou're probably right! But I've found that the leaves turn brown almost as soon as you bring them inside. :(
DeleteI learned a new word today thanks to you! Marcescent. Nice.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks to you, in the past couple days I've been noticing the beautiful colors of staghorn sumac -- the unsung hero of fall foliage!
I expect to see "marscescent" in a poem one day soon! Hurrah for the sumac!!
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