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Foliage Color Slow
In Developing
“Due to the unusual amount of precipitation in August (6.44”) and September (6.19”) and relatively high minimum temperatures (43 degrees) and (41 degrees), the coloring of the autumn leaves has been slow and the peak of the season is difficult to forecast," stated R. Taylor Hoskins, Superintendent of Shenandoah National Park.
However, reports received from the three districts of the P^rk today indicate that the reds of the Virginia creeper, dogwood, sumac, Mack gum, and white oak are progressing; the orange of the sassafras is showing in the North' and South Districts; and the yellow of the hickories, birches, maples, chestnut oaks, tulip poplars, and locusts are estimated
81.3%