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Originally Posted by edale
So show me an example of a non-mountain forest in Southern California. I've never said that trees don't grow in Los Angeles. I know very well about our native trees. Outside of the mountains, we don't have forests here. We have chaparral and trees that mostly cluster near water sources. So the desire for Atlanta levels of tree canopy are unrealistic and unreasonable, imo.
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At the same time, the L.A. basin for example needn't revert to largely a savannah, either. There could be more tree lined streets, shaded yards, shopping centers, and so much the better for it.
I live in a land area east of New York City that was actually a huge grassland before the settlers came (The Hempstead Plains). Probably 10 mi X 10 mi, it was the only natural prairie east of Ohio. No one hesitates to plant a suburban tree canopy on it today, and why should they?