Northern Red Oak Fall Colors - Orange Foliage - November 2025

It seems like we're getting BOTH a slightly delayed Fall color cycle and it is also amp'd-up on some things a bit more this season, too.  One of them that's 'amp'd-up' is the tree swing tree:  A mature Northern Red Oak tree.  This large tree has historically behaved in different ways each season.  Some years, it holds its leaves through the Winter, while other years it drops everything quickly.  But, most seasons we get a very limited 'fall show' with muted browns.

This year, things are a little different.  The tree is bright like a flame with orange leaves blazing against the blue sky.  See the photo below:

A few things to note in this photo:

1. There are still a bunch of green trees around.
2. There are also some yellow trees (The Black Walnut trees).
3. The other large mature Red Oak tree is way more green than this one.

Compare the state of this tree (orange leaves) to the same tree on November 9th, 2021 (4 years ago) when it was full of GREEN leaves.  

Early November (November 3rd, 2020), the tree had mostly lost its leaves and everything was crunch and brown.  

And last year, on December 1st, this tree was totally bare.  Dropped everything.  

I posted a photo in Mid-November 2022, but mentioned that the photo was from the early part of the month.  The tree, however, is showing some oranges.  So, there's some similarity between 2022 and 2025.