According to this week’s fall color report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Maples in urban settings are showing various red, orange, and brown colors in southeast Iowa. The forested landscape is dotted with yellow, brown, and green. Roadside and field edge shrubs are red, purple, brown, and green. Virginia creeper and poison ivy are red. Yellow colors are plentiful (hickories, elm, cottonwood) in south central Iowa. Many trees are losing their leaves quickly due to high wind and drought. Oaks are starting to turn color, but are still very green. They will be very showy by the end of this week and weekend.