Here's our list of several good fall color plants. It is an alphabetical list by scientific name -
showing each common name, fall color(s) and links to those specific plants that we have in our
Fall Foliage Gallery [just click the icon to go to the Gallery image].

Acer - Asimina | Betula - Gleditsia | Hamamelis - Pyrus | Quercus - Zelkova

Scientific Name	Common Name	Foliage Color or Colors	Gallery Image
Acer buergerianum	Trident Maple	red to orange
Acer campbellii var. flabellatum	Fan-leafed Maple	maroon red
Acer circinatum	Vine Maple	yellow or red
Acer glabrum var. douglasii	Douglas Maple	dull red
Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'	'Aconitifolium' Fullmoon Maple	dark red
Acer macrophyllum	Bigleaf Maple	bright orange to yellow
Acer negundo	Box Elder	yellow
Acer nigrum 'Greencolumn'	Black Maple, 'Greencolumn'	yellow to brownish-yellow
Acer pensylvanicum	Striped Maple	yellow to golden yellow
Acer rubrum	Red Maple	brilliant red, orange
Acer rubrum 'Brandywine'	'Brandywine' Red Maple	red to brilliant red-purple
Acer rubrum 'New World'	'New World' Red Maple	red
Acer rubrum 'Red Rocket'	'Red Rocket' Red Maple	red to orange
Acer rubrum 'Somerset'	'Somerset' Red Maple	brilliant red
Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'	'Sun Valley' Red Maple	brilliant red
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple	pale yellow to orange and red
Acer saccharum ssp. grandidentatum	Canyon Maple	orange-yellow to dark red
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple	dull yellow green
Acer spicatum	Mountain Maple	yellow, red, or brown
Aesculus glabra	Ohio Buckeye	orange or yellow
Aesculus parviflora	Bottlebrush Buckeye	bright yellow
Aronia arbutifolia	Red Chokeberry	red
Amelanchier canadensis	Downy Serviceberry	golden red
Asimina triloba	PawPaw	yellow

Acer - Asimina | Betula - Gleditsia | Hamamelis - Pyrus | Quercus - Zelkova

Scientific Name	Common Name	Foliage Color or Colors	Gallery Image
Betula lenta	Sweet Birch	yellow
Betula papyrifera	Paper Birch	clear yellow
Betula populifera	Gray Birch	pale yellow to orange yellow
Campsis grandiflora	Chinese Trumpet Vine	chocolate purple
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory	golden yellow
Carya tomentosa	Mockernut Hickory	golden yellow
Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry	yellow
Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsura Tree	red, yellow
Cercis candensis	Redbud	yellow to greenish yellow
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringe Tree	yellow
Cladrastis kentuckea	American Yellowwood	yellow
Cornus alternifolia	Alternate-leafed Dogwood	red
Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood	deep red to maroon
Cornus kousa	Kousa Dogwood	reddish-purple
Cornus nuttallii	Western Flowering Dogwood	dull red
Euonymus alatus	Winged Euonymus	bright red
Fagus crenata	Japanese Beech	deep bronze yellow
Fagus grandifolia	Beech	bronze to deep yellow
Fothergilla gardenii	Witch Alder	red to coral red
Fothergilla major	Witch Alder	bright red to maroon
Fraxinus americana	Green Ash	purple to red and yellow
Fraxinus pensylvanica	Red Ash	golden yellow
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo	golden yellow
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Moraine'	'Moraine' Thornless Honeylocust	golden yellow

Acer - Asimina | Betula - Gleditsia | Hamamelis - Pyrus | Quercus - Zelkova

Scientific Name	Common Name	Foliage Color or Colors	Gallery Image
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena'	'Jelena' Witchhazel	red orange
Hamamelis virginiana	Witch Hazel	clear yellow to golden yellow
Hydrangea macrophylla	Bigleaf Hydrangea	maroon to yellow
Hydrangea anomala var. petiolaris	Climbing Hydrangea	lemon yellow
Juglans nigra	Black Walnut	yellow
Lagerstroemia	Crapemyrtle	deep orange to red to yellow
Larix gmelinii	Dahurian Larch	yellow
Larix larcinia	Larch	yellow
Lidera benzoin	Spicebush	bright yellow
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum	dark maroon, brilliant red, orange, yellow
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Poplar	golden yellow
Magnolia acuminata	Cucumber Magnolia	golden yellow to reddish brown
Morus alba	White Mulberry	glossy yellow
Morus rubra	Red Mulberry	yellow
Nyssa sylvatica	Blackgum	bright red
Ostrya virginiana	Ironwood	dull yellow
Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood	dark to bright red
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia Creeper	red
Picrasma quassioides	India Quassiawood	yellow
Pinus strobus	Eastern White Pine	yellow to tan
Pistacia chinense	Chinese Pistache	yellow to red
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	yellow to yellow-brown
Populus tremuloides	Quaking Aspen	bright to golden yellow
Prunus 'Dream Catcher'	'Dream Catcher' Flowering Cherry	yellowish orange
Prunus pensylvanica	Fire Cherry	maroon to red to orange
Prunus serotina	Black Cherry	yellow to gold
Punica granatum	Pomegranite	yellow
Pyrus calleryana	'Bradford' Flowering Pear	orange-red to red

Acer - Asimina | Betula - Gleditsia | Hamamelis - Pyrus | Quercus - Zelkova

Scientific Name	Common Name	Foliage Color or Colors	Gallery Image
Quercus alba	White Oak	brown, yellow, pink
Quercus coccina	Scarlet Oak	scarlet
Quercus gambelii	Gambel Oak	dark red
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak	brilliant scarlet
Quercus prinus	Chestnut Oak	brown to bronze-yellow
Quercus rubra	Red Oak	deep red, greenish yellow to brown
Rhus copallina	Winged Sumac	brilliant red to glossy maroon
Rhus glabra	Smooth Sumac	scarlet to deep red
Rhus typhina	Staghorn Sumac	dark crimson to orange-crimson
Sassafras albidum	Sassafras	bright yellow, orange to red
Sorbus americana	Mountain Ash	dull red to rich yellow
Sorbus alnifolia	Korean Mountain Ash	orange
Stewartia pseudocamellia	Japanese Stewartia	purplish red to yellow
Toxicodendron radicans	Poison Ivy	red to orange and yellow
Vitis species	Wild Grape	yellow
Ulmus americana	American Elm	golden yellow
Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge'	'Valley Forge' American Elm	yellow
Ulmus 'Frontier'	'Frontier' Elm	red-purple
Ulmus parviflora	Chinese Elm	golden yellow to reddish brown
Ulmus thomasii	Rock Elm	bright yellow
Ulmus wilsoniana 'Prospector'	'Prospector' Elm	yellow
Zelkova serrata	Japanese Zelokova	orange to yellow

Acer - Asimina | Betula - Gleditsia | Hamamelis - Pyrus | Quercus - Zelkova

	If you can’t make it to the Arboretum this fall and just want to see some nice autumn foliage, continue to the Fall Foliage Gallery.
	If you are the inquisitive type, check out our page that explains the hows and whys of fall color.
	Back to the Fall Foliage Introduction Page.

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Fall Foliage Photos by Scott Aker, Susan Bentz, Erin Clark and Thomas Elias
Last Updated   November 29, 2010 10:25 AM
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