Does Mississippi have palm trees? (Pascagoula: area, island, coastal)

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

You gotta be kidding. The Mississippi beaches are on a sound and the water is brackish and still. IMO they don't compare with beaches that front directly on big water. Maybe the beaches facing the Gulf out on the sound's barrier islands are nice, I don't know.

Get out the map, IT.

Sound:

1. A narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake.

Now, to be sure, we ain't on the Pacific Ocean, but the beaches don't have brackish water, either. And "still"? Tell it to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by Listener2307

Get out the map, IT.

Sound:

1. A narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake.

Now, to be sure, we ain't on the Pacific Ocean, but the beaches don't have brackish water, either. And "still"? Tell it to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Get out the map eh? You should. I have several maps that identify the water between the Mississippi coast and the barrier islands as Mississippi Sound.

Brackish is defined as salt water having less salinity than sea water, often because of influx of fresh water mixing with sea water in a confined space. Like Mississippi Sound for instance.

That the water in the sound was not still during a hurricane is hardly a valid argument against the fact the water in the sound is normally quite still compared to that outside the barrier islands. Hell, the sound is still compared to Lake Michigan.

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

Get out the map eh? You should. I have several maps that identify the water between the Mississippi coast and the barrier islands as Mississippi Sound.

Brackish is defined as salt water having less salinity than sea water, often because of influx of fresh water mixing with sea water in a confined space. Like Mississippi Sound for instance.

That the water in the sound was not still during a hurricane is hardly a valid argument against the fact the water in the sound is normally quite still compared to that outside the barrier islands. Hell, the sound is still compared to Lake Michigan.

Right!; on technicalities. But right is right

The average salinity of the gulf is 30 PPT whereas at Biloxi it is closer to 24 PPT, so it's going to taste and look like seawater. Just for grins I looked up salinity of oceans. Lot of surprises, here!

If you count the Red Sea and Persian Gulf as part of the oceans, you get your maximum of 40 parts per thousand. Of the major oceans, the 37.9 parts per thousand in the North Atlantic is the most saline. The Baltic Sea, which is still connected to the Atlantic, is only between 5 and 15 ppt. The Black Sea is 20 ppt. Puget Sound off of Seattle, WA has a range of 21 to about 27 parts per thousand. The water off of Miami Beach varies from 34.8 ppt to 36.4 ppt with the seasons, while on the other side of the continent, the waters off of Astoria, OR are barely 0.3 ppt! That's nearly fresh -- but then up to 2.6 ppt in the later part of the year.

[Southern man]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

You gotta be kidding. The Mississippi beaches are on a sound and the water is brackish and still. IMO they don't compare with beaches that front directly on big water. Maybe the beaches facing the Gulf out on the sound's barrier islands are nice, I don't know.

They are what they are. For some reason, they sure do fill up on holidays. They look a lot better than the beaches on some big lakes up north.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by Southern man

They are what they are. For some reason, they sure do fill up on holidays. They look a lot better than the beaches on some big lakes up north.

That there are nicer beaches than those on Mississippi Sound does not mean the beaches on the sound are not nice, I think they're nice. I damned near built a house by the beach in Waveland but that's another story.

[brickpatio]

Cat Island, just a few miles south of Pass Christian, is literally paradise. Huge white beaches for miles, with beautiful sea grasses and rolling green surf.

[John Ryder]

Other than our coast not really. It gets to cold here for alot of Palms to survive. I have seen them planted in my area but they dont look like they thrive well!!!

[ColdAilment]

To answer your question, yes.

[Sterlinged]

I live in Natchez, MS--2 1/2 hrs N of New Orleans, 1 1/2 hrs N of Baton Rouge, LA (our closest city). I have a Washingtonia Robusta Palm that I planted in 1988. It has grown to a height of 50+ft, I also have a date palm in my yard that I planted 15+ yrs ago. I also have a queen palm growing in a large planter. I lost a Pindo palm several years ago, and never have replaced it. I have several large Sagos in my beds since 1988. I just about lost those a few years ago during a very hard winter. I clipped off the dead foliage, and they are bigger than ever.

[QuasarXTC]

Yes, trunked palm trees (palmetto) grow rampant in southern Mississippi, and saw palmetto will grow pretty far inland; saw palmetto grows as far north as southeast Oklahoma and south central North Carolina I believe.