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learnteach ([personal profile] learnteach) wrote2024-03-27 12:02 am

Redwoods

 According to the Guardian, there are more redwoods (coastal and sequoia) in England than in California (500,000 to 80,000)   That doesn't seem right to me,  but I can't find accurate numbers for either place.

The driving factor was a Victorian garden trend (or set of trends).   

The article:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Redwoods_League   (Note the prevalence of Woman's clubs (and Garden clubs) in the preservation of habitat.)

Giant Sequoia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron_giganteum

The Guardian article:   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/23/giant-redwoods-britain-uk-sequoia-specieswatch



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Re: A little insight...

[personal profile] cvirtue 2024-03-28 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
British plant fads saved Japan’s cherry blossoms, which maybe you had heard of:

“His Japanese hosts were polite yet incredulous. How was it possible that the only surviving example of such a nationally revered tree grew in England?”

https://frustratedgardener.com/2019/03/27/cherry-ingram-the-englishman-who-saved-japans-blossoms/
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Re: A little insight...

[personal profile] threadwalker 2024-04-02 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow!