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Re: Windbreaks

Interesting! Ive seen some very tall specimens of Monterey cypress, but
these were always grown away from the coast and kept out of constant
winds. Usually the canopies on these are about 1/2 to  2/3 the height
of the trees. I suppose its because of the small amount of rain here.
The small area where ive seen them actually native, they are much
smaller and their branches are much lower to the ground (wider than
they are tall). They look prettier this way than they do when they get
tall. They also seem to have a very vivid, bright orange lichen on
their branches. However the lichen never grows on trees outside their
native habitat. Actually i have to take back what i said about them not
being good windbreaks, i have seen them used as such but their trunks
are much thinner and they dont look as nice to me grown this way. Ive
seen them used as hedges but they get to be VERY tall hedges (up to 30
feet on one hedge). I suppose they're so popular here is because they
grow fast and are pretty. However they ooze a lot of pitch, even when
not injured, so a climb up one of these trees is very messy. 70X100
feet isnt too small for them to grow in, IMHO. Ive seen backyards that
were only 30X 60 feet wide and they had a whole row of these trees
lining the back of their yard. However, their yards were very dark from
the trees (especially in late afternoon with the back yard on the west
side of the house)

I find it interesting that two of the worlds rarest trees (Naturally)
are planted so widely!
I read somewhere the Pinus radiata is the most widely grown pine
species in the southern hemisphere, where pines are rare (i dont know
if any pines are native to the southern hemisphere or not).


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