[Aroid-l] When is a rain forest not a rain forest?

From: ju-bo at msn.com (ju-bo at msn.com) on 2008.05.04 at 10:50:48(17546) ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:58:50 -0400 > To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com > From: soukupvg at email.uc.edu > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] When is a rain forest not a rain forest? Dear Vic, There is NO argument, that area is a true rain forest, thanks for the reminder. Julius +More > Hi, > Not to start any arguments, but there is rain forest in North > America. It may not be tropical, but the maritime area of the Pacific > Northwest, from Washington thru coastal British Colombia to Alaska is a > "rain forest". I'm sure this note will make us all remember this fact and > the need to preserve this forest system which the lumber industry wants to > cut down. There is little of the diversity to be found in tropical rain > forests but the trees are indeed magnificent. > > VicAt 11:16 PM 5/1/2008 +0200, you wrote: > >Seve, > > > >You are right, in North America there are no rainforests, only deciduous > >subtropical forest, in Panama or Southern Mexico down throught Brazil and > >other Southamerican countries you can find evergreen tropical rainforest, > >the same in Asia, down to about 20 deg. of N latitude there are deciduous > >forests and where the monsoon climate begins there equally start the rain > >forest. And of course it also depends from the subclimate, when it's dry > >and cold of too hot, the rainforest od not occur at all (like Sahara in > >Africa), the rainforest are present only in the narrow area between the > >tropics, the equatorial Africa. > >Every continent except Europe (and Antarctica :) ) has it's own belt of > >tropical rainforest. It is always cut by the Ecuator, then there are > >deserts, priairies and similar dry bioms, and as we go longer there are > >deciudous leaf-bearing (?) forest gradually replaced by the coniferous > >evergreens taygah. Also rainforest do do not occur in high mountains even > >when the latitude could allow them to grow there. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: ExoticRainforest > >To: Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest > >Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:49 AM > >Subject: [Aroid-l] When is a rain forest not a rain forest? > > > >Well, now I'm terribly confused! A note published on the Aroid l last > >night from Leo Martin, director of the Cactus and Succulent Society of > >America indicates Epiphyllum species are not rain forest plants. But they > >live in rain forests. "Steve - They aren't rain forest plants. I've seen > >some of them in Mexico. There are indeed cacti that are rain forest > >plants but Epiphyllum in general aren't, with the possible exception of E. > >chrysocardium. They are denizens of tropical deciduous forest. In other > >words, 4 months of summer rain, 8 months of no rain (but with normal > >nighttime dew.) Most (not all) of Mexico has this climate regime. I > >haven't been to Central America but there's plenty of tropical deciduous > >forest there too." > > > >This dilemma appears to involve the definition of what is and isn't a rain > >forest. I've read many times in Dr. Croat's material these forests are > >known to have dry, moist and wet regions and I thought I understood > >that. But now it appears I am left to consider plants that live in the > >dry region not to be rain forest plants. I'm really confused and > >obviously have a lot more to learn. But, I am trying. > > > >I spent a good deal of the night working Mr. Martin's note into the page > >and am doing my best to not take a position. I am not an expert and will > >not try to defend a position just because I don't understand all the > >ramifications. But this one is rattling my mind! > > > >http://www.exoticrainforest.com/Epiphyllum%20phyllanthus%20subsp.%20phyllanthus%20pc.html > > > >Steve > > > > > >__________ NOD32 Informacje 3068 (20080501) __________ > > > >Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 > >http://www.nod32.com lub > >http://www.nod32.pl > > > > > >---------- > >_______________________________________________ > >Aroid-L mailing list > >Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > >__________ NOD32 Informacje 3068 (20080501) __________ > > > >Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 > >http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Aroid-L mailing list > >Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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