Trees

Where the weeks and shares come from

The shares are four grades, from “in its own places” to “most of the forest”, rather than measured proportions. The weeks were measured at Harvard Forest for ten trees; the record’s words supply the rest. Beyond the maple country the weeks move by a rule until observations replace it, except where a source gives a local window. Where the weeks were measured, gray begins around the observed days when half the leaves had fallen; it does not mean every leaf was gone. This year’s mark is Autumn Guide’s model of the regional forest state, beside the reports with their dates; it is never an estimate for an individual tree.

Notes on the trees: the sources’ own words

Lakes

Peak by the model: Oct 16, 2026 (model of Oct 28, 2026).

Reports: past peak (Oct 27, 2026).

The week of Oct 29, 2026.

Rest on a slice, or reach it with the keyboard, for its name and week.

Lakes

Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9Nov 16
Forest and woodlandShrub and grassWetlandsStreets and gardensStreets and gardens: seven kinds, weeks not yet readLakes: one column a week, 2026Read down for the view that week, along a row for its turning. Slice heights are four share grades. The row order is when it turns within each block: Forest and woodland, Shrub and grass, Alpine and tundra, Wetlands, Streets and gardens, with evergreens at the foot of Forest and woodland.Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Streets and gardens: seven kinds, weeks not yet read; week beginning Sep 28, 2026; weeks not yet read; in its own places; Bradford pear, Ginkgo, Honeylocust, Japanese maple, London plane, Norway maple, Sweetgum avenues; rest for the kindsSep 28Streets and gardens: seven kinds, weeks not yet read; week beginning Oct 5, 2026; weeks not yet read; in its own places; Bradford pear, Ginkgo, Honeylocust, Japanese maple, London plane, Norway maple, Sweetgum avenues; rest for the kindsOct 5Streets and gardens: seven kinds, weeks not yet read; week beginning Oct 12, 2026; weeks not yet read; in its own places; Bradford pear, Ginkgo, Honeylocust, Japanese maple, London plane, Norway maple, Sweetgum avenues; rest for the kindsOct 12Streets and gardens: seven kinds, weeks not yet read; week beginning Oct 19, 2026; weeks not yet read; in its own places; Bradford pear, Ginkgo, Honeylocust, Japanese maple, London plane, Norway maple, Sweetgum avenues; rest for the kindsOct 19Streets and gardens: seven kinds, weeks not yet read; week beginning Oct 26, 2026; weeks not yet read; in its own places; Bradford pear, Ginkgo, Honeylocust, Japanese maple, London plane, Norway maple, Sweetgum avenues; rest for the kindsOct 26this weekNov 2Nov 9Nov 16weeks not yet readweeks not yet read

Peak by the model: Oct 16; past peak.