Many Southern California native trees offer vibrant fall colors

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny Iyer from the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD.org) comes along and reminds us that a large collection of California native species are garbed in foliar coats of many colors.

“Many Southern California natives offer great fall color,” she writes, listing “Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii), western sycamore (Platanus racemosa), willow species (Salix spp.)...