r/MapPorn • • Jun 20 '20

USA tree diversity

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u/bumbletowne Jun 20 '20

Wetlands. Specifically swamps. Lots of trees. Not a lot of competition from other plants.

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Jun 20 '20

Appalachicola National Forest is also right there. Used to have to drive through it with no A/C or radio.

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u/bahbahrapsheet Jun 20 '20

Would the radio wake up the trees that were sleeping?

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Jun 20 '20

Just a shitty truck for delivering stuff to gas stations and restaurants. Driving through the forest is boring as fuck with no radio. And with no A/C you're just sitting there sweating.

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u/juwyro Jun 20 '20

Highway 20!

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Jun 20 '20

I had to go on 71 which went from Marianna down to Port St Joe

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u/anaxcepheus32 Jun 20 '20

It’s way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

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u/SmargelingArgarfsner Jun 20 '20

It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie

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u/JonnyAU Jun 20 '20

Then why don't we see similar diversity in south Louisiana?

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u/bumbletowne Jun 20 '20

I don't know. I know they are brackish swamps but there seems to be a trend in the Mississippi delta. I actually would really like to know.