ADOS Maryland

🍁🍂 Maryland Fall Foliage Report 🍁🍂 Foliage is past peak in Garrett County; at peak in Washington, Baltimore, and Cecil counties; and starting to change in earnest on the lower Eastern Shore. Keep an eye out for vibrant yellow hickory trees and sunset-hued sugar maples. Somerset County’s trees are getting into the spirit of the season. Around every corner you can see evidence of the cooler, near frost nights with trees in every fall fashionable color imaginable. We are not quite near peak, but we are close. It is a colorful time as red maples and sweet gums can be a mix of yellow, orange and crimson red on the same tree! The black gums are a deep scarlet red to burgundy and purple in the understory, with flowering dogwood also turning deep reddish purple with red berries and next year’s buds visible. Also in the lower canopy shrub layer we see staghorn sumac turning deep pink to burgundy. White oak leaves range from burnt orange or copper to red. Yellow poplars are beginning to turn bright yellow in the upper canopies. We have some areas in the county that look like it has already snowed. The groundsel bush with its profuse snowy white and cream colored flowers is in full bloom. Also known as waterbush or saltbush, the fluffy flowers resemble small paintbrushes. This plant with its grey green leaves tells you where the solid ground is. Read this week's full report: news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/1…