Mon dieu! Les couleurs! Isn't God a great artist?
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If the drama of fall leaf color draws you out for a country drive, try stopping for a walk through a park to explore the trees up close. You’ll discover that with some of them, color comes not only from leaves, but also from berry-like fruits that appear in autumn. Many trees produce berries in shades from muted to brilliant. While not edible for humans, the berries draw birds by the dozens and hundreds to feast on the fall offerings and add their chatter to the crisp autumn air ...
Members of the genus Cornus, dogwoods are favorite park and garden trees with their cheerful spring flowers in wide-open bracts. But come fall, they put on a new show with clusters of red, orange, purplish and white berries, depending on the species. Dogwoods are small trees, distinctive for leaf stems and twigs that grow opposite one another rather than alternately on the branch. Species vary, but most have white flowers in spring.