Changing Color
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/topics/leafco~1.html
This article describes the changes that take place in trees and cause them to change colors.
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Changing Colors of Leaves
http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/spfiles/SP529.pdf
This publication explains what triggers the color change in autumn, which color each species becomes, and the causes of variation in color.
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Fall Tree Color Outline
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=141
Leaf color formation is a natural process. Short, cool days of fall bring changes to trees. Green light-capture systems must be closed-down for winter. Turning-off leaves reveal fall colors. Best colors come with cool, dry, and bright sunny days. Frosts,
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Fall Tree Color Pigments
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=144
Autumn tree colors grace our landscapes. The palette of potential colors are as diverse as the natural world. The climate-induced senescence process trees use to pass into a winter rest period, can present many colors to the eye. The color pigments pro...
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Falling Tree Leaves: Leaf Abscission
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=177
Trees loose their leaves by design. When leaves become inefficient and unable to produce food and growth regulators, a process of shutting-down and sealing-off begins. Trees shed many parts besides leaves, including fruit, flowers, bud scales, trichomes,
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Initiating Fall Leaf Colors
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=142
Spring flower colors are raised in fall to crown the trees. The pigments are the same but the colored containers have changed from dainty petals to coarse, broad leaves. Fall tree colors are composed of pigments that can be divided into oil paints, wate...
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Live Oak: State Tree of Georgia
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=56
Live oak is a beautiful, spreading, medium-sized to large tree 45-65 feet tall and 3-4 feet in diameter. It was named for its evergreen foliage. The largest registered live oak now living is 11 feet in diameter, 55 feet tall, with a crown spread of 132 fe...
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Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera): An American Traveler
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=174
Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) is a small tree in which people have found great value. Once discovered by early European settlers, it was carried and tended across the continent. Because of its attributes, it was prized anywhere agriculture and grazing a...
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Scientific Classification of Trees: An Introduction for Wood Workers
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for61/for61.htm
Those who work with wood should be able to distinguish between different woods and be familiar with features that make different kinds of wood react differently to cutting, surfacing, finishing, etc. An obvious first step in accomplishing these tasks is to be able to properly identify and name an unknown wood.
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Southern Catalpa:
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=178
The Southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides) tree is a common fixture along roadsides and in old yards. The big green leaves and distinctive long dangling fruits are noticeable from hundreds of yards. Although used in the past for a variety of wood-based...
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