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raccoon

(31,106 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2012, 05:20 PM Jul 2012

Palmetto trees in non-coastal SC. A global warming thing, or just landscapers

doing their thing?

Yeah, it's the state tree, but you used to didn't see it anywhere but along the coasts or lowcountry. Now you see them in the state capital and the upstate too.

The upstate is somewhere around 1000 feet altitude, Charleston isn't much above sea level.

My question is, would the trees have survived in the upstate pre-global warming days?

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Palmetto trees in non-coastal SC. A global warming thing, or just landscapers (Original Post) raccoon Jul 2012 OP

I don't know about the upstate, Island Blue Jul 2012 #1

their range is up to Pennsylvania and are the most cold hearty palms (wikipedia) nt msongs Jul 2012 #2

Island Blue

(5,815 posts)

1. I don't know about the upstate,

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 05:52 PM

Jul 2012

but Columbia has always been one of the hottest places on the planet. (I went to school there for 4 years and still have family in the city.) I can certainly understand how Palmettos can survive there. I don't know about the upstate.

msongs

(67,381 posts)

2. their range is up to Pennsylvania and are the most cold hearty palms (wikipedia) nt

Reply to Island Blue (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 08:33 PM

Jul 2012

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