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"Thanks to our friends at www.arkansas.com for this week's fall foliage report!Northwest/North CentralAlong HWY 170 and HWY 74 close to Devil\u2019s Den State Park the Dogwood and Service Berry are turning red, Walnuts are a sunny yellow, and ivys like Virginia creepers are bright red. Hardwoods are starting to turn. The Ozark Mountains and ridges are still predominately green.  Predicting color peak in 7-14 days.Maplewood Cemetery in Harrison, AR is still mostly green, but the trees are starting to turn rapidly. Harrison is still mostly green, but the understory trees like Dogwoods are full color. Maples are starting to turn downtown, and the younger ones are almost fully changed but the older Maples are only starting to show color. The Sumac and Dogwoods are still showing vivid red. Hickories are showing bright yellows. Predicting peak color in 14 days.Withrow Springs State Park and HWY 23 are seeing great color this week! Black Gums, Sumacs, and Dogwoods are red, and Hickories and Black Walnuts are going from green to gold. The Oaks aren\u2019t too far behind. Predicting peak color in approximately 7 \u2013 10 days.Hobbs State Park and HWY 12 has a beautiful deep red display from the Sumac and Dogwoods in the area, which according to the park, is made \u201Cmore brilliant by the soft golden yellows of the Hickories and Sycamores.\u201D The Black Gums and Sassafras are in full display of yellows, oranges and reds. You can see gorgeous foliage all along HWY 12 and throughout the trails!Fayetteville is starting to show peeks of yellows and reds in the downtown area and up and down I-540.Central/Ouachita Mountain ArkansasThe State Capitol has had no change in the past week. The Clinton Presidential Library\u2019s trees on the grounds are a lovely dark burgundyFort Smith is still mostly green around the I-40 corridor. Sweet gums are beginning to show yellow and sumac is turning red in the area.The Cossatot River State Park is mostly green with splashes of red and orange.DeGray Lake Resort State Park doesn\u2019t have much change yet, but the Sweet Gums and Winged Sumacs are starting to turn.The Plantation Agriculture Museum State Park reports along HWY 165 oranges id the prominent color visible.Petit Jean State Park is mostly green, but the Sweet Gums and elms are turning yellow. The Black Gum and Sumac are starting to turn red. The overlooks around the park are starting to show several colors through the green landscape.HWY 67/167 south of Cabot, AR is still primarily green but with bright splashes of yellow trees.Southern/Eastern ArkansasHWY 71 and around Texarkana is still mainly green but with small splashes of yellow, and the Dogwoods, Elder Berry, and a few trees are showing peaks of color.HWY 49 and Helena are still very green, but there is a slight color change on the tops of Red Bud trees.Around the Delta Heritage Trail State Park, the Hickory trees are turning yellow, and the gumball trees and Virginia creepers are turning red, but the park is still predominately green.Blytheville\u2019s Dogwoods have turned a peachy color.Mississippi River State Park reports that the chlorophyll levels have dropped in the trees, and the Hickory and tulip poplars are speckled with yellow leaves. The Smooth Sumac, Sweet Gum, Virginia creeper, and poison ivy are starting to show just a hint of red, so it won\u2019t be long.Corning Welcome Center reports that the main color in the area is brown, but there is some spotty yellows on Hwy 67 and HWY 165.Hampson Archeological Museum State Park off HWY 61 reports mostly green, but the Cottonwood is turning golden yellow and the Cypress are changing.Most other Leaf Spotters in the Southern and Eastern areas of Arkansas report all green still. Foliage doesn\u2019t really start in the South and east until later in the season.PredictionsNorth and Northwest Arkansas are predicting peak colors within 7- 14 days. Be sure to make your travel plans in advance with the state parks.Central Arkansas and the Ouachita Mountains are slowly changing, but with the recent weather we expect a dramatic change in the next few weeks.Southern and Eastern Arkansas aren\u2019t expected to peak before November.Foliage ForecastWeather patterns during September and October (in Arkansas) are very important for fall foliage. Leaves produce sugars for food during the day but cooler temperatures at night keep these sugars from moving out of the leaves and into the tree, meaning warm days and cool nights at the beginning of fall are very good for production of red, yellow and orange colors.Next Report: October 24, 2013"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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