AUTUMN ARRIVES: OK, we don’t get the...

AUTUMN ARRIVES: OK, we don’t get the glorious displays of autumn colors that people from the East miss so much. Even so, look for a few tree species to start changing color as we slide into fall, which started Wednesday. . . . “The main color here is yellow, but there are some very bright yellows,” said Rick Burgess of the California Native Plant Society. Good viewing spots: Sespe Gorge and Rose Valley above Ojai, where you might see big leaf maples and dogwoods as well as the more common cottonwoods and sycamores. In the east county, Lake Eleanor and the Arroyo Conejo are your best bets. . . . Liquidambar, an eastern tree planted all over Thousand Oaks, provides much of the red seen locally in the fall, Burgess said. Most native trees lack red pigment.