Scarlets are pin oak, scarlet oak, dogwood, black gum, sassafras. Reddish are black oak and black cherry. Purple is white ash and white oak varies from purplish red to violet. Yellow is common in sugar maple which also may be orange to red , sycamore, elm, willow, hickory, tuliptree, and birch. Golden bronze is persimmon and beech.
Gold is aspen.
Dull orange is chestnut oak. Russet is basswood. Fall colors arrive from late September to late October, again depending upon the area of the state. Yellows and reds cascade from the highest peaks downward to the hills and valleys. Soon golds and bronzes color the hillsides.