18 November 2023
After stunning fall foliage in overdue October, the panorama light to brown this week. All of the colours had been within the sky.
Friday’s first light used to be impressive for excellent explanation why. “Purple sky at morn” supposed rain used to be at the manner. Thankfully. Even with the day past’s precipitation we’re 6.81 inches under customary for the 12 months.
Wednesday’s sundown used to be muted via comparability.
Via now the local bushes in Pittsburgh are all brown or naked, so why are there nonetheless yellow and inexperienced leaves in Schenley Park?
Invasive alien vegetation are tuned to the local weather and sunlight ranges in their place of origin. Those who originated additional north than Pittsburgh, Japan for example, see our November sunlight as though it had been October again house. Thus invasive honeysuckle trees are nonetheless yellow-green and Norway maples nonetheless hold to their yellow leaves.
This virburnum keeps its pinkish-green leaves for a similar explanation why.
The solar’s low perspective confirmed off two Agaricaceae mushrooms amongst fallen leaves in Hays Woods.
The day past I discovered a tree on stilts in Schenley Park. This black locust germinated on best of a go surfing a rock. Because the log deteriorated the roots discovered soil on both sides of the rock. Years later there’s a vital hole between the trunk and the bottom.
(pictures via Kate St. John)