On 14/11/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: >and they never will be since the conditions where they are growing are >radically different than those in their natural environment.
Hi Shel, In what way are the conditions radically different? IIRC there are plenty of Redwoods at Big Sur, for instance. The Californian coast is not totally dissimilar to the climate in the UK. Note that we are on a similar lattitude to New York and Montreal, but we do not get anywhere near the low temperatures they do. On a mid-winter's frosty night, I would expect -8 deg C as pretty much about as low as it goes, and nowhere near this on the coast. With Atlantic low pressure systems come prevailing north-westerlies, westerlies, and south- westerlies, keeping temperatures up into double figures for prolonged spells. In the spring and autumn, daytime highs of 12 deg C are typical, and in the summer one would expect anywhere between 19 and 24 deg C as average. Heatwaves bring 30 deg C for a week or so. We are very much governed by the Atlantic, with occasional input from the Arctic (northerlies) or Siberia (easterlies). The UK is an island that benefits from both the gulf stream and warm moist water from the Caribbean (called the Atlantic Conveyor). I would have thought that many forms of vegetation open to Pacific weather systems would also be suitable here.... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
