Get to know Vermont's Fall Leaves from the Speckled Alder to the Large-Toothed Aspen. Learn how to identify Vermont's foliage with Scenes of Vermont descriptions and colorful photographs.
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Identify the Leaves of Vermont Foliage
Alder-
The leaves are 2-4 inches in length usually have a double-toothed margin. Leaves
turn yellow and brown in the fall. Speckled alder thickets provide cover
for moose, white-tailed deer, rabbits, and others. Moose, muskrats,
beavers, and rabbits browse the twigs and foliage.
American
Beech-
The dried leaves sometimes remain on the branches of young
trees all winter. The American beech has the most easily recognizable
bark: it is pale gray and smooth. You can sometimes see claw
marks on the trunks of the trees where bears have tried to
climb up a tree to munch on some beech nuts.
Basswood-
The leaves are heart shaped and 5-6 inches long. the base of the leaf is lopsided
and feel thin and smooth. The twigs grow in a zig zag fashion and are bright
green or red. People uses this wood for hand carving. It's also used to make
modelling and interior house trim. Can be used to make wooden food containers.
Largetooth
Aspen - (Largetooth poplar, bigtooth aspen)-
The leaves are simple, 2-4 inches long and very coarse-toothed. The shape is
triangular to round. Leaves are dark green above and pale green below. The
uses for this wood is veneer, matches, boxes and in the manufacturing of pulp.
Mountain
Ash-
Grows as a shrub but can grow to the size of a small tree. Leaves are divided
into 7-11 leaflets, rounded tips, margins toothed mostly above middle.
Found in open forest, streambanks and clearings.
Pin
Cherry-
The pin cherry occurs in most parts of Canada and the northern
United States. The leaves turn a bright purplish-red in autumn.
Red
Oak-
Red oak leaves have pointed lobes. The northern red oak is
a large hardwood tree that has dark green leaves that turn
to rusty orange and various shades of red in the fall. Red Oak
often has impressive late fall color, ranging from brick red
to scarlet. Some trees may have golden- yellow,
yellow-brown, or chartreuse foliage in autumn.
Red
Maple
Red maple trees are popular for their fall display of brilliant red, orange,
or yellow leaves. Red Maple is commonly thought of as having blazing red fall
color, but trees found in the wild may display bright yellow, orange-red, or
red fall color, or may even
