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Northern Illinois

Second week of October

Northwest

  • In the Quad-City area fall color is fading in the trees.
  • Color is changing from brown to a dull golden yellow in the hardwood trees with leaves still on after the hard frosts, wind and some recent rain in northwestern Illinois.
  • What color people may see in the understory is green on the exotics or invasive shrubs of honey suckle, buckthorn and autumn olive.

Show us your leaves! #ENJOYILLINOIS

Northern Illinois

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Constitution Trail

Bloomington-Normal

State Capitol

Springfield

Heath Aster - Central East

Sky Blue - Central East

Sunflower - Livingstone County

Central Illinois

Late October

Central

  • In the Coles County, some red and black oaks are still showing red to rusty orange leaves.
  • Many still showing color are white oak that are mostly reddish purple.
  • Most everything else has turned brown or dropped leaves.

Show us your leaves! #ENJOYILLINOIS

Central Illinois

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Garden of the Gods

Shawnee National Forest

Tunnel Hill

Shawnee National Forest

Great River Road

Alton

Southern Illinois

End of October

South

  • In the Clinton County area, the fall color is pretty much done.
  • Recent rains and winds have dropped many leaves.
  • The few green trees left are shifting to muted yellow and brown leaves.
  • The cypress are still holding their brown needles.
  • In Olney, most deciduous species have turned yellow and are fading into brown.


Far South

  • The Vienna area in Johnson County is a little past peak leaf color.
  • There is not much green left in the forest except for some oaks and of course cedars and pines.
  • Leaves are falling freely with gusts of wind, and anywhere from 25% to 75% of leaf cover is gone in most places.
  • White oaks are glowing bright maroon, while other oaks are more yellow, orange and brown.
  • Hickory and maple leaves of bright yellow are nearing the end of their airborne life and falling to the ground.

Show us your leaves! #ENJOYILLINOIS

Southern Illinois

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