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If you look at the vegetation in Louisiana, you find that the vegetation looks very dead in winter. The state also has very low amounts of biodiversity (from various maps I've looked at), plus low diversity/amounts of evergreen species.
One can say that this is due to the extreme low temps... but the entire Southeastern US has the same problem, yet is more evergreen. The coastal areas (and some not too inland areas as well) of states like SC, NC, Georgia, and Florida are far more evergreen looking (or seems that way) compared to Louisiana, even in areas of those states that have seen colder winter temps. Louisiana also lags behind coastal MS, AL, and even coastal TX in this department.
And if anything, Louisiana represents some of the warmest areas in the Southeast US (outside peninsular Florida and coastal South Texas). You would expect even the warmest tip of that state to be looking like tropical jungle with its temps, yet it looks like this in reality during winter: http://bridgenumber9.com/wp-content/...s-1024x761.jpg
Thus, I ask; what is preventing Louisiana's vegetation from being evergreen, like in the Atlantic Southeast?
If you look at the vegetation in Louisiana, you find that the vegetation looks very dead in winter. The state also has very low amounts of biodiversity (from various maps I've looked at), plus low diversity/amounts of evergreen species.
One can say that this is due to the extreme low temps... but the entire Southeastern US has the same problem, yet is more evergreen. The coastal areas (and some not too inland areas as well) of states like SC, NC, Georgia, and Florida are far more evergreen looking (or seems that way) compared to Louisiana, even in areas of those states that have seen colder winter temps. Louisiana also lags behind coastal MS, AL, and even coastal TX in this department.
And if anything, Louisiana represents some of the warmest areas in the Southeast US (outside peninsular Florida and coastal South Texas). You would expect even the warmest tip of that state to be looking like tropical jungle with its temps, yet it looks like this in reality during winter: http://bridgenumber9.com/wp-content/...s-1024x761.jpg
Thus, I ask; what is preventing Louisiana's vegetation from being evergreen, like in the Atlantic Southeast?
Are you Mr. Cold Epoch? Where do you live? We have already hashed out about the dead winter look in the inland South over and over. Deciduous trees and brown grass. Most likely due to extreme low temps in winter preventing broadleaf evergreens expanding from the coast.
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Are you Mr. Cold Epoch? Where do you live? We have already hashed out about the dead winter look in the inland South over and over. Deciduous trees and brown grass. Most likely due to extreme low temps in winter preventing broadleaf evergreens expanding from the coast.
The grass thing is caused by the type of grass planted. In the deep south, Bermuda grass is planted which browns when temperatures drop below 15°C, but it is able to survive extended temperatures over 30°C, which kills the Rye grass that is planted up north in a hotter than normal summer.
This is why Phoenix plants Rye from mid Oct-mid Apr and Bermuda from mid Apr-mid Oct, so that we have green grass year round
The grass thing is caused by the type of grass planted. In the deep south, Bermuda grass is planted which browns when temperatures drop below 15°C, but it is able to survive extended temperatures over 30°C, which kills the Rye grass that is planted up north in a hotter than normal summer.
This is why Phoenix plants Rye from mid Oct-mid Apr and Bermuda from mid Apr-mid Oct, so that we have green grass year round
Why doesn't the SE USA do the same as Phoenix with both types of grass?
Are you Mr. Cold Epoch? Where do you live? We have already hashed out about the dead winter look in the inland South over and over. Deciduous trees and brown grass. Most likely due to extreme low temps in winter preventing broadleaf evergreens expanding from the coast.
But I am talking about all of Louisiana (even coastal areas), where even the extreme tips of the state are full of deciduous swamp forest.
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Because in the Last Glacial Age,The North were Frozen and very Cold year Round,and trees only Survived in Southern US,who was well Colder than Today,this unabled the Evergreen Trees to live there,but today there are increasing the Number of Evergreens in Southern US,They project that if the Average Global Temperature increase 4C,the South will be Dominated by Evergreens.
Projection of the Last Glacial Age(I Edited with the Black Arrows):
Because in the Last Glacial Age,The North were Frozen and very Cold year Round,and trees only Survived in Southern US,who was well Colder than Today,this unabled the Evergreen Trees to live there,but today there are increasing the Number of Evergreens in Southern US,They project that if the Average Global Temperature increase 4C,the South will be Dominated by Evergreens.
Projection of the Last Glacial Age(I Edited with the Black Arrows):
Because in the Last Glacial Age,The North were Frozen and very Cold year Round,and trees only Survived in Southern US,who was well Colder than Today,this unabled the Evergreen Trees to live there,but today there are increasing the Number of Evergreens in Southern US,They project that if the Average Global Temperature increase 4C,the South will be Dominated by Evergreens.
Projection of the Last Glacial Age(I Edited with the Black Arrows):
Is there a legend, it looks very interesting, and would be even more so if I knew what the colors actually meant.
Whilst Cwa's have pronounced wet/dry seasons, some Cfa's still tend to have wet summers and slightly drier winters.
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