Dallas and fort worth have many trees it is not the desert (Plano: versus, pine)

[billdfw]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

LOL most of the trees where planted? Maybe a geography book would help? I would like to see a book that saids most of North Texas trees where planted. North Texas use to be a big huge grass land with no trees or vegataion.

You don't read so good. I said most trees in "urban Dallas" were planted and there are not many trees in the suburbs because the developers razed everything, but thanks.

[aceplace]

Originally Posted by billdfw

You don't read so good. I said most trees in "urban Dallas" were planted and there are not many trees in the suburbs because the developers razed everything, but thanks.

North Texas has many areas where there is dense forest cover, usually in the lowlands near streams, creeks, rivers. This is called riparian forest.

North Texas also has a band of natural forest growth called the Cross Timbers. It runs north and south between Dallas and Tarrant counties. Places such as Arlington, northeast Tarrant county suburbs such as Grapevine, Southlake, etc, are in this band, extending to the Denton county suburbs such as Sanger, Aubrey, Pilot Point, etc.

Aubrey in particular is noted for its extensive forest cover, with many 40 acre horse ranches operated by "gentleman ranchers". people who work in the city and raise horses as a hobby.

[billdfw]

Originally Posted by aceplace

North Texas has many areas where there is dense forest cover, usually in the lowlands near streams, creeks, rivers. This is called riparian forest.

That's what i said if you care to read the previous posts.

[aceplace]

Originally Posted by billdfw

That's what i said if you care to read the previous posts.

You said "Well, I have to agree that the Dallas area does not have a huge amount of trees".

Perhaps you believe that, but I would call the forest cover of the DFW area as pretty enormous. Probably 1/3 of the 14 county area is forested, either by riparian forests, the Cross Timbers forest, urbhan trees, other kinds of forest cover, etc.

[kdogg817]

The DFW region did recieve 50 inches of rain in 2007, that speaks volume in itself about the regions vegatation and climate.

[stan4]

The drive down to Houston gets pretty green, too.
Where else will all the tree roaches live?

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by discoman

ok y is from dats not from dallas or texas at all think dallas has no trees. i was born n raised here and we got trees all around.

Please try and rewrite your sentence so it makes sense. You can do it!!

[gokctx]

Originally Posted by leovation

Howdy!

I can see where a LOT of folks would think the Dallas area is rather sparse when it comes to vegetation, especially concerning tree life. Sure, compared to Albuquerque DFW is a forest and full of green, but compared to VA it is sparse and very thin.

Just a matter of perspective.

The poster is right on the dot. Compared to Arizona Dallas is a forest. Compared to the dense forests in Maine, Mass, NH, etc. it is pretty sparse. For cities in those states you cannot see buildings off the exits due to all the tree cover. Heck, I lived in Kansas City and it was more heavily forested than Dallas. Anyway yes there are pockets of trees in Dallas as shown by the carefully selected photos, but not the dense forests or large trees that you need to associate Dallas with forest. The majority is prairie.

I agree that a lot of naive people who have never been to Dallas mistakenly think Dallas is a dessert, but there are a lot of naive people in Dallas who have never ventured out of the city to see what a real dense forest is like.

Not including the northern burbs as part of the greater Dallas area is silly. You can split straws all day spewing about why Plano is not Dallas, but at the end of the day 99% of America would lump Plano with Dallas-- I sure don't see a separate forum for Plano.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by gokctx

The poster is right on the dot. Compared to Arizona Dallas is a forest. Compared to the dense forests in Maine, Mass, NH, etc. it is pretty sparse. For cities in those states you cannot see buildings off the exits due to all the tree cover.

Same way here in Tyler. The tree cover is so tall & dense you can't see the buildings over the tree line unless they're at least 10 stories high.

[gokctx]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Same way here in Tyler. The tree cover is so tall & dense you can't see the buildings over the tree line unless they're at least 10 stories high.

East Texas does have a fair bit of tree cover. A lot more so than Dallas at least. From Dallas I also liked to go up into Beavers bend in South Eastern OK. They had some nice forests up there also.