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A ginkgo biloba tree shows yellow leaves outside the Memorial Union
A ginkgo biloba tree outside the Memorial Union showcases bright yellow leaves in November 2020. (Gregory Urquiaga/嘿嘿视频)

嘿嘿视频 boasts some 24,000 trees from all around the world, and many are bursting into brilliant color.

Tree experts from the Arboretum and Public Garden shared their favorite places on campus to spot vibrant fall foliage.

鈥淲e generally get our best fall color from (Ginkgo biloba, golden yellow leaves) and (Pistacia chinensis, orange and red leaves),鈥 said Emily Griswold, director of the GATEways Horticulture and Teaching Gardens. 鈥淭he lipstick red fruits of the (Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana) also light up beautifully in the fall.鈥

Here鈥檚 where you can see them, and more:

  • Lake Spafford: Visit for what Griswold called 鈥渙ne-stop leaf peeping,鈥 as all three of those trees are on display.
  • The footbridge west of Mrak Hall Drive is 鈥渄raped with with lovely crimson foliage of Roger鈥檚 Red hybrid California grape (Vitis 鈥楻oger鈥檚 Red鈥),鈥 Griswold said.
  • Roessler Hall: The north side of the building has several Chinese pistaches and ginkgo bilobas.
  • The courtyard between Melvin M. and Kathleen C. Green Hall (formerly known as the Life Sciences Building) and Briggs Hall has a collection of Formosan flame trees.

To find more trees around campus, use Campus Planning鈥檚 , an interactive map that allows users to search for a specific type of tree all across campus (trees in the Arboretum are not included in the database).

Now is the time to get out and see the trees, Griswold said.

鈥淣ovember is typically when we get our peak color,鈥 she said. 鈥淭he Lake Spafford area is always lovely in the fall with several trees showing good color.鈥

For more information on the transformation that makes the spectacular colors pop, plant sciences professor Astrid Volder recently shared an explanation of why leaves change color when they do.

鈥淲hen fall starts, the production of chlorophyll stops and chlorophyll that is present begins to break down,鈥 . 鈥淭his allows the other pigments, that were always there 鈥 like carotenoids, which make yellow and orange colors 鈥 to become more visible.鈥

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