C. Ritchie Bell
Narrated by Charles Kuralt

includes one 30-minute video & one 55-minute video
June 2004

This DVD is a compilation of two videos, Fall Color Trees of the Eastern Forests and Woodland Harvests of the Eastern Forests.

Fall Color Trees, originally a 30-minute VHS Natural History video production of Laurel Hill Press, compliments the book Fall Color and Woodland Harvests. The dramatic annual color change in the great hardwood forests of eastern North America—from rich uniform green to spectacular reds, yellows and browns—has often been called the "greatest show on earth." This video helps you get behind the scenes to become better acquainted with the maples, ashes, oaks, elms, and hickories, and to learn about the factors that produce the striking fall color from Maine to Georgia. A colorful and informative non-technical video for anyone interested in native trees, forests, or just beautiful fall color.

Woodland Harvests, originally a 55-minute VHS Natural History video production, is also a good companion to Fall Color and Woodland Harvests. Narrated by Charles Kuralt, the rich bounty of our eastern forests’ harvest is revealed, a natural harvest of grains, nuts, pods, burrs, nutlets, and berries which sustains the forest creatures. The harvest consists primarily of the vast annual output of fruits and seeds, but for some forest inhabitants, including humans, it also includes roots, stems, leaves, sap, and nectar. This video also provides a closer look at the many forms of fruits and seeds in relation to the biologically important functions of seed protection and dispersal. In addition, a review of the interesting past or present uses of our native and naturalized plants, from food to medicine to wagon wheels and industrial abrasives, provides a bit of cultural history of many of the 112 colorful, interesting, and easily recognized fruits and seeds of the eastern forests treated here.