Lower Rio Grande Valley? (McAllen, Harlingen: construction, nicest, suburb)

[Zone13]

Here are a few shots from the lower RGV:

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[Spree]

>I dont think the OP's question ever got answered.. The "Lower" Rio Grande Valley is considered Willacy and Cameron Counties and the upper would be Hidalgo and Starr Counties. At least that is the way it is treated on the local news and weather reports. <

Right on! So how did the topic of palm trees come up?

[Zone13]

Originally Posted by Spree

>I dont think the OP's question ever got answered.. The "Lower" Rio Grande Valley is considered Willacy and Cameron Counties and the upper would be Hidalgo and Starr Counties. At least that is the way it is treated on the local news and weather reports. <

Right on! So how did the topic of palm trees come up?

The OP asked about the weather there, so instead of posting weather graphs, I posted palm trees which tell the same story.

[mayalevi]

Yes, but there are palm trees here in S.A. as well(and Corpus, and several other areas in TX) so that in itself is not indicative that you therefore have to be in the Lower Rio Grande. The OP was asking what section of TX the lower Rio Grande was/location.

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Corpus, S.A, Houston etc. do not approach the sheer magnitude of palms there. After this winter, even the Mexican Fan Palms(Washingtonia robusta) were damaged north of Corpus Christi and away from the coast. Corpus is a very palmy city, but palms such as Triangle Palms(Dypsis decayri), and Royal Palms(Roystonea regia) either were killed or damaged. Coconuts suffered even in Brownsville. In Corpus Chirsti, San Antonio, and Houston, the main landscape tree is the Live Oak, down in Brownsville, its hard to find one. Tropical trees dominate down there, such as royal poinciana, banyans, mahogany, sea hibiscus, and of course palms. Natural vegetation down there changes as well, due to latitude(same as Miami's) you will not see pines, oaks etc but more tropical influences such as agaves, yuccas, and the native palm(Sabal mexicana).
The lower RGV consist of Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties, at the southern tip of Texas.

[mayalevi]

Originally Posted by Zone13

Corpus, S.A, Houston etc. do not approach the sheer magnitude of palms there. After this winter, even the Mexican Fan Palms(Washingtonia robusta) were damaged north of Corpus Christi and away from the coast. Corpus is a very palmy city, but palms such as Triangle Palms(Dypsis decayri), and Royal Palms(Roystonea regia) either were killed or damaged. Coconuts suffered even in Brownsville. In Corpus Chirsti, San Antonio, and Houston, the main landscape tree is the Live Oak, down in Brownsville, its hard to find one. Tropical trees dominate down there, such as royal poinciana, banyans, mahogany, sea hibiscus, and of course palms. Natural vegetation down there changes as well, due to latitude(same as Miami's) you will not see pines, oaks etc but more tropical influences such as agaves, yuccas, and the native palm(Sabal mexicana).
The lower RGV consist of Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties, at the southern tip of Texas.

Lol, my point was the OP wasn't asking about the vegetation(he didn't say he was an inquiring botanist) he was just asking about THE LOCATION OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. Boy, can't see the forest for the palm trees, lol.