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Which native vegetation would look greener in the winter to you?
The native southern forest around Macon, GA
Or
The native temperate rainforest around Tofino, BC
Where are the pics?
If the trees around Tofino are conifers, then that would be more green. From photos I've seen of the PNW is winter, there seems to a lot of broadleaf evergreens around.
Around Macon (drove thru there this past January), the areas on the Interstate outside of town that are forested looked almost all bare leaf deciduous, while the town landscaped areas people had more green.
I would have to say Tofino would look more green.
These are from Facebook of an area a little south of Macon (Dudley) GA.
As you can see the forested areas look really dead and lifeless in winter, except for some evergreen ground cover. Just replace those palms with our native forest plant rhododendron and you have Pennsylvania forested areas looking almost exactly like that. I don't know why people don't believe me on this. The inland forested South just looks really dead in winter.
I'm still not sure why haven't southern native broadleaf evergreens taken over this forest as it seems heavily deciduous.
Those magnolias and live oaks all tend to be planted in towns. I don't think magnolia grandiflora and live Oak are native to the Macon area.
Live oaks are only native in southern Georgia. For some reason it hugs the coastline pretty far north, temperatures don't seem to be the only determining factor.
Southern Magnolia is closer, but still not quite to Macon.
Live oaks are only native in southern Georgia. For some reason it hugs the coastline pretty far north, temperatures don't seem to be the only determining factor.
probably not the only determining factor but temperature is definitely a big factor:
Norfolk, VA record low: -3°F
Macon, GA record low: -6°F
though its range in Texas is rather bizarre... northern reaches, Abilene, TX record low: -9°F. i like to think its a different subspecies that is more cold tolerate being grouped with the eastern live oaks.
Last edited by Sir Goosenseresworthie; 02-22-2016 at 08:06 PM..
Looks like the understory of the forest stays green in SW British Columbia
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