Clemson University: Lack of Extreme Weather Puts Southern Appalachians in 'Good Shape for Great Fall Color'
September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Clemson University issued the following news release:
About 5,500 feet above sea level -- the magic elevation where fall color first splashes each year -- the mid-September foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway was still green as far as the eye could see and even the odd yellow specks on the landscape were just signs of drought stress.
But even as Clemson University forest ecologist Don Hagan made his annual scouting trip . . .
About 5,500 feet above sea level -- the magic elevation where fall color first splashes each year -- the mid-September foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway was still green as far as the eye could see and even the odd yellow specks on the landscape were just signs of drought stress.
But even as Clemson University forest ecologist Don Hagan made his annual scouting trip . . .