You can also enjoy maple reds in springtime！The spring sprouts at Aowanda are looking stunningly red.

By MOOK Scenic Spots Home Travel Life Network Editorial Team
 

Can you enjoy maple reds in spring? In early spring, as all things sprout anew, Aowanda Forest Recreation Area offers not only autumn foliage but also the vibrant red of spring sprouts—making it one of the two most beautiful seasons for sweetgum trees in a year. Missed the crowded autumn foliage? Don’t miss out on the current spring maple scenery and enjoy this peaceful, idyllic season of spring.

Those who often hike know that there are two times of the year when sweetgum trees are at their most beautiful—one is before the leaves fall in autumn, and the other is the bright red of spring sprouts. In the past, Aowanda was famous for its vast pure stands of sweetgum trees, such as Maple Lake, Maple Forest, and Maple Pit. Aside from their fruit being used medicinally, the fragrant resin of the sweetgum can be used as an ingredient for chewing gum. Mushrooms cultivated on sweetgum logs are of particularly high quality and are well-known materials for log-grown shiitake mushrooms. Among them, the shiitake produced from sweetgum log cultivation has an excellent texture and flavor. Every year before Lunar New Year or the Dragon Boat Festival holidays, discerning friends rush to place orders for them.