2026 Fall Foliage Outlook Here's what we're expecting this year, where the colors should peak first, and how elevation...
Fall Foliage in Appalachia: 2026 Peak Times & Best Places to See the Colors
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Appalachian Trees & Plants Field Guide
Southern Appalachian Trees
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Black Birch/Sweet Birch
Betula lenta
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Chestnut Oak
Quercus montana
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Fraser Fir
Abies fraseri
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Spruce
Picea rubens
Scarlet Oak
Quercus coccinea
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana
White Oak
Quercus alba
Yellow Birch
Betula alleghaniensis
Northern Appalachian Trees
American Basswood
Tilia americana
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea
Black Birch/Sweet Birch
Betula lenta
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Chestnut Oak
Quercus montana
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Pitch Pine
Pinus rigida
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Spruce
Picea rubens
Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata
Striped Maple/Moosewood
Acer pensylvanicum
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
White Oak
Quercus alba
Yellow Birch
Betula alleghaniensis
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