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Re: California's Mediterranean climate



On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Sean O'Hara wrote:

> Fellow Mediterraneads -
> 
> The Mediterranean climate in California is but one of the many,
> varied climatic regions of our fair state.  To illustrate this
> point, I have in the past taken people to the Sunset Zone Maps
> (different the USDA Zones) - these show a complex puzzle of large
> and small microclimates, as opposed to the large expanses of a
> single zone in some of the neighboring western states.  And, in the

Sean,

The natural diversity of California plants, particularly in purely Med 
zones like coastal scrub argues for the complexity of climate there.  
BUT, "large expanses of a single zone" in other Western states?  This is 
really a reflection of SUNSET's californicentric bias.  Their hort zones 
tend to vary inversely in area with population [market] included.  
Complex topography, rain/snow fall amount and distribution, and soil 
types vary as comlplexely throughout the western US.

If you look at SUNSET's "Zone 1", for instance, it incorporates rain 
forest to desert to alpine natural vegetation.  It really means, "why are 
you bothering to subscribe to us?"

Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon
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