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Natives with Colorful Fall Foliage

	*Acer circinatum* Vine Maple Tall, erect, multi-trunked shrub or small tree with sprawling branches. Height: 13-26 feet (4-8 meters) Leaves are palmate (arranged like fingers on the palm of a hand) with seven to nine lobes; leaf surfaces are hairy on upper and lower sides and along veins; margins are toothed. Size: 5-12 cm (2-5 in) across. Leaves are green in spring; in early fall they turn orange-red or red in full sun or golden in the shade. Additionally, leaves are oppositely arranged on branches.
	*Amelanchier alnifolia* Serviceberry, Saskatoon Medium-sized shrub producing fragrant white flowers in late spring. Height: Up to 15 feet (4.5 meters). Leaves are alternate, round to oval in shape, green. The top half of the leaf is toothed.
	*Larix occidentalis* Western Larch
	*Physocarpus capitatus* Pacific Ninebark Erect to spreading shrub up to 4 meters tall with clusters of white flowers. Height: Up to 13 feet (4 meters). Alternate, deciduous, 3-6 cm (1-2.5 in) long, 3-5 lobed, the lobes toothed, deeply veined, shiny dark-green above, lighter and with abundant star-shaped hairs below (use hand lens); color: dark green.
	*Viburnum edule* High Bush Cranberry Shrub with bright red berries and brilliant fall foliage. Height: 3-9 feet (1-3 meters) tall. Opposite; shaped like maple leaves with 3 main lobes; margins toothed; 1.5-4 inches (3-10 cm) wide. The leaves turn bright red in fall.

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