Fall Colors Begin to Show Across Green County
Green County is beginning to trade summer green for autumn color, but the biggest show is still ahead. Here’s what the latest foliage reports say about where colors stand now, what you can expect to see this week and when the best viewing may arrive.
Fall color is beginning to spread across Green County, but the region is still well short of peak. The latest official state report puts the county at about 30% color, with the strongest display still expected later this month.
Travel Wisconsin’s Fall Color Report, updated for Green County on Oct. 3, lists peak color for the fourth week of October. The report is based on observations from a statewide network of local fall color reporters covering all 72 Wisconsin counties.
For now, much of the primary canopy remains green. The most noticeable changes are showing up in early-turning trees and shrubs, with yellows, golds and scattered reds appearing along country roads, river bottoms, wetlands, field edges and exposed ridge tops.
Todd Klassy
Individual maples and other early-turning trees can stand out sharply against still-green woods, while sumacs and dogwoods add some of the strongest reds. Green County’s oak- and hickory-heavy landscape generally takes longer to make the full transition than areas dominated by earlier-turning species.
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