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<\/p>\nFor those of you who haven’t seen autumn in New England this year, here are some pictures I took at Poland Spring Preservation Park when foliage was at its peak. I think that was the weekend of October 13 this year. That’s later than usual because the weather was unusually warm for lots of October.<\/p>\n
First, a backlit fern. I think this one is an ostrich fern, the kind whose young shoots are edible fiddleheads.
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Some other kind of fern. See how some kinds stay green longer? There are even some that are green well into the winter.<\/p>\n
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Leaves bear examination at all scales, from the individual leaf —<\/p>\n
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— to a single tree that has changed —<\/p>\n
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— to a lot of trees —<\/p>\n
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— and of course if you can get a good view of a whole mountainside, that’s picture postcard material.\n<\/p>\n
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For those of you who haven’t seen autumn in New England this year, here are some pictures I took at Poland Spring Preservation Park when foliage was at its peak. I think that was the weekend of October 13 this year. That’s later than usual because the weather was unusually warm for lots of October. … <\/p>\n