#vine maple

[plantnerderyallday]

One of the best trees of all time: the vine maple.

Tree's favorite lyric: I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down

[climbhighsleeplow]

Vine Maple

[dat-aster]

I almost forgot the joy of wandering in the woods

[ends-2-beginnings]

Alan Bauer Photography

The colorful Vine Maple leaves in autumn in front of towering Pacific Silver Fir trees.

Gifford-Pinchot National Forest, Washington;

[mountrainiernps]

Where are you finding fall color? Around Longmire, vine maples (Acer circinatum) are turning from green to yellow to red! Vine maples are common throughout the lower elevations of the park. They can form shrubby thickets on steep slopes or have “vine”-like horizontal trunks reaching for sunlight in the forest understory. With plenty of sun and space, vine maples can grow into small trees, like this one in front of the National Park Inn in Longmire.

NPS Photo of vine maple, 9/25/24

[lowquality-buffet]

Like fireflies in the forest

[liaholland]

[natureisthegreatestartist]

Don’t you love dazzling autumn colors? Check out the leaves on the vine maple branch I found.