There should be a word for...

[i_kender]

...when fallen leaves stick to the pavement and leave a mark, like slight rusty echoes of their passing.

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[buddleia.livejournal.com]

I like 'plimp'.

[i_kender]

'Plimp'... yeah, I like that too.

Any other suggestions? Something, oh, I don't know... romantic. Alluding to autumn being a season of changes, of fallen leaves being symbolic of the ephemeral nature of existence.

Not 'stain' though. That sucks ass.

How about

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

Enghost?