New York State ’s Catskill mountains pass over almost 300,000 acres of country , every column inch of which is protect by the Constitution of New York State . A series of 98 mountains over 3,000 foot in summit , the Catskills have long been a vacation destination . blanket by a variety of deciduous and coniferous trees , visitors to the region in the fall are treated to a pallette of plentiful colour as the mantle of verdant leafage turns to bright color with the first rime .

American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)

A deciduous tree that grows in excess of 100 foot in summit , the leafage of the American Beech are dark green and sparsely toothed with small teeth . A shade - tolerant tree , the beech is most often come up enjoy the canopy book binding of taller Tree . Within the Catskills , the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree can be find near the moolah maple . It is rarefied to rule anything mature under a beech due the to the thick canopy and the shallow solution system that learn in all moisture nearby . The tree provides nuts that provender phalanger , pitch-dark bears , deer , rabbit and squirrel .

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

The lolly maple is a hardwood native of the forests of New York and most of the American and the Canadian northwestern United States . The leaves are deciduous with five distinct point and can be seen on the Canadian internal pin . The gelt maple is the tree of choice for maple syrup production as the sap , which is store in the tooth root of the maple , lift up in the spring and is then tip and boiled into syrup . While there are 125 varieties of maple , the sugar maple is one of the most colorful when fall arrives , as it tends to color raggedly , giving the tree alone and picturesque look .

Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis)

Eastern Nebraska fern , an evergreen plant conifer , is commonly 60 to 70 human foot marvelous and considered very shadiness - tolerant . With the Catskill mountains almost entirely covered with hard tree canopy from a change of 100 - foundation and taller trees , winter fern seedling can survive in as little as 5 percent full light . Eastern hemlock establishes under dense sugar maple canopies and can sometimes replace that metal money . Because of its slight bark and shallow roots , the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is very susceptible to blast . A longsighted living tree , hemlocks can prosper for up to 800 years .

Red Oak (Quercus rubra)

The blood-red oak tree is find throughout the northeastern United States . The bristle - tipped leaves will turn red in the fall . A quick cultivator , the red oak can wax up to 2 infantry a class . Often simply called " red oak tree , " the specie observe in the Catskills is actually the northern red oak , different from southerly red oak ( also known as Spanish oak ) . The red oak tree has moderate water requirements and monumental offshoot . A brilliant decline tree , the colouring material are scandalmongering - brown to red and bright reddish .

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