@@NikauPalmCal I was actually there a few weeks ago, these videos are from then. The weather was 60s and overcast/rainy, which is perfect for me! I’m tired of the oppressive heat and humidity of our summer, this was such a relief and so comfortable. 60s is ideal weather in my opinion. Enjoy the heat, I actually much prefer London weather to DC pretty much any season. Cheers!
Technically the temperate rainforest starts in the redwoods around Mendocino county into the pnw where the rainfall is more abundant about 60-200 inches per year, although there are a few places in sonoma and maybe the santacruz mountains that have enough total rain for that ecosystem despite it falling in a rather short period of time. its quite interesting that the dry season is so long but the total rainfall can still be quite high down south in the mountains around the bay because of the heaviness and duration of rain in each storm. Most areas of the bay area redwoods dont get quite enough rain to be a rainforest but have the same temperate climate types such as the temperature and fog up north which allows for an abundance of green you find, especially in shaded areas and an cool hillsides where the moisture is trapped.
@@sideslash6938 Thanks for your comment, I am fascinated by temperate rainforests and want to better understand what exactly constitutes one. I know that this area gets less than the usual 60 inch benchmark of rainfall for temperate rainforests, but I thought the fog would make up the difference. I know fog can double the total inches of rainfall, adding “rainfall equivalent” through fog drip, so shouldn’t that be counted in total precipitation for a rainforest since it acts as rainfall does and provides moisture during the dry season. Areas of the north coast get almost no rain in summer but are still considered temperate rainforests because the fog sustains the ecosystem in the dry season as you mentioned. I find this all very interesting, so cool. Thank you!
@@palmplanet yea theres not much info on the pacific temperate rainforests even though its the biggest general area to find temperate rainforests in the world, there are some places with alot of a fog drip around the bay but the north coast ca gets way more rain and more fog in some areas. Some drier coastal mountains down south such as the by the bay area are a bit hot and the fog drip dries off during the day. redwoods forests get about 60-100 inches of rain in MOST areas and are dry season tolerent because the needles have special fog catching ability. if you like temperate rainforests check out jedediah smith redwoods, hoh rainforest, and olympic national park. theres also some in new Zealand, and Australia i think which also has tropical, as well as some areas in the appalachian mountains and east coast where you can find about up to 80 inches of rain but i dont think theres a dry season with fog it just rains less heavy but all the time .
Whats the bare tree to the left? I'm trying to grow 4 four Windmill Palms in Long Island NY, I just got them in 4 inch containers but theyre like 1.5 Ft tall. Transferred each to a 10 gallon grow bag and will protect them for harshest months of winter until they have thicker trunks.
There are parts of even Florida where Coconuts don't do too well. Because those parts of Florida are susceptible to cold snaps in the winter, with night time temps just like SoCal. So, seeing coconut palms in California as mature as those in the video are quite amazing.
Now that the Newport Beach and Corona Palms are no more, it looks the the Santa Ana palm is now 'leading the group' of CA Coconuts. Obviously something about the slightly inland parts of Orange County which just seems to give it an advantage!
Had a windmill palm and pinto palm that was three years old in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Zone 7). And we had a really cold winter a few years ago with several days below 0 and it killed them both.
Do you think those palms will live? Those are petty small to be planted in the ground in my opinion, especially in a place like DC area in the winter. I have 2 young windmills, maybe slightly larger, they are in pots on my deck. I still think they are too small so I might plant them in 2 years, but with pots I can bring them in my basement. I also have sabal minor 3 gal I planted I got from northeast ohio palms and 4 musa basjoo, 2 in pots each about a foot tall, one in the ground about the same size, and I have a 4 ft one. Do you have any basjoo in your yard? I would think in DC they might even fruit one year if you have a lucky winter. I also have a eastern prickly pear. I would love to have a trunking yucca rostrata but those are no where to be found in any garden center near me. Cool palms though
@@Lo1XDImNoob They will live if we don’t have a deep freeze for a number of years, another 2014 deep freeze soon could definitely kill them. Basjoo grows great here and does fruit, sadly I don’t have any in my yard though. Sounds awesome, you’ve got a lot of cool hardy palms and exotic plants. Keep us posted, thanks!
@@cincytropics Same, that’s about as far south as you’ll see them looking okay, I guess the shade by the building and the slight cool season in winter helps, as opposed to year round high heat and humidity further south. Still surprising to me!
Amazing & almost tropical vegetation! Absolutely beautiful! Hey, this is John from the southern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in Grottoes. I changed the name of my channel so you likely don't recognize me anymore. My Musa Bajoo & Windmill palm made it through another winter. It's actually this ongoing drought that's being hard on them, but the banana trees are already about 8 feet tall this year! I really like your channel & all the different palms & tropical vegetation! I love the Spanish Moss in this video festooned over all the tree branches! See you again soon!
What I like about the sabal minor is that it doesn’t feel overly topical and can live alongside typical broadleaf/coniferous continental foliage for a lot of its growable range and look in-place.
