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Ah the wax palm, its a beauty, ive seen some around here, some even 50 ft high, but nothing near that high, we should have a blvd planted with those wax palms, very beautiful.
Are you one inclined to spruce forests and the smell of pine needles and lake water? Or are you more of a desert person, or one who likes the vibrant life of a tropical rainforest? In other threads we shared our ideal climates. In this thread we will discuss our ideal vegetation, i.e. boreal forest, deciduous forest, tropical forest, desert, steppe, scrub, ice cap.
Climate and weather have profound effects over the vegetation of an area, and I think it would be interesting to discuss our tastes in that area.
As for myself, despite my ideal climate being subarctic, my ideal vegetation is a hemiboreal forest, consisting of a mix of the regular boreal varieties with deciduous trees that may be found in a continental climate, such as oaks and maples. A close second is a fully boreal forest, consisting of spruce, pine, and white birch. Both are very appealing prospects for me. I also have a soft spot for grasslands such as the High Plains.
I find the boreal forest to be quite ugly, with short stunted evergreen trees and little variation. I visited Quebec City in July 2013 and we drove north of QC through the national park there up to Saguenay. I was expecting to be "wowed" but I felt that the loblolly pine forests in the South (coniferous subtropical) have taller forests than the boreal forest up north.
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) have evolved a bit. Right now I'm really a big fan of deciduous forests like the one you posted here:
