Why is central Virginia relatively low to the areas that surround it?
preddevils6 on
I wonder what this map looks like if you only did natives. I know the Smokies is the most native tree diverse national park.
monacobake on
Surprisingly so many areas with little tree species diversity
OppositeRock4217 on
PNW and southern Louisiana have surprisingly low tree diversity
Ponderancev2 on
are trees what will ultimately break my will to stay out of the south for the rest of my life? trees? am i going to florida for TREES? hahahah
Carcinog3n on
Not sure Im buying this one. I would be interested to know what kind of criteria they used to judge the dispersion of species, particular the granularity of the dispersion areas.
Horse_Cock42069 on
What’s the blue? Pine?
DanMojo on
This also seems to map the amount of rainfall for the US states
ohilco8421 on
It means 1 or just a few species, so it probably varies spatially as far as which species is where, but my guess would be a lot of those areas have only native Cottonwood species
Kyrie_Blue on
I find it interesting that this path is also indicative of paths that Hurricanes hit
TallahasseWaffleHous on
Tallahassee Represent!
NewChinaHand on
This is not “the USA.” Where are Hawaii and Alaska?
Kvark33 on
I’m not buying this
neilweiler on
This is cool I never expected western tree diversity to be so low. Makes sense for the desert areas but I thought in the mountains would have a more pronounced increase in diversity. TIL
reptilianwerewolf on
There’s a hypothesis that the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin acts as a route of dispersal and habitat refuge for species between the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain and Southern Appalachians, which allowed more species to survive repeated glacial events over millenia and is a place where two already diverse floristic regions can overlap. (Hence the biodiversity hotspot in the Florida panhandle)
Squidsquace_ on
Not all prunus but always a prunus
DaisyHotCakes on
Monoculture is gonna be what ultimately kills us. One blight and we screwed.
puremotives on
People don’t realize just how biodiverse Alabama is
Automatic_Antelope92 on
Somehow, this isn’t making sense to me… California is considered the most biodiverse state in the country and has multiple climate zones and ecological niches in one state. I would think it would have the highest tree diversity relative to other states. I look at the Bay Area and Central Valley on up into the Sierra foothills and there is diversity unlike anywhere else I have been with plants and trees from a wide range of planting zones in them. What am I missing?
Nameless_American on
Wild how distinct the Pine Barrens are in this image
Thrill0728 on
Ah yes the very diverse trees in *checks notes* the middle of the cornfields of Illinois.
Dontbeacreper on
My favorite part of this is that you can clearly see the Hudson Valley! So pretty and deserving of the show offs
Lumpy_Boxes on
I live in a tree dense area. What does the blue look like? I can assume desert for Nevada, but everywhere else is really strange and foreign to me. How do you only have one type of tree per sq mile?
Maria_Dragon on
This has large parts of Idaho around the Snake River Valley as only one type of tree and that is simply untrue. So I don’t trust the blue areas.
Psigun on
Also a map of rainfall and orographic effect. Very dry for a large chunk of the year reduces biodiversity down to the most drought adapted species.
Quarkonium2925 on
It’s kind of a shame about the lower Mississippi. I’d imagine the tree diversity would be extremely high in that area if not for human agriculture
zek_997 on
I’d be curious to see a similar map for Europe. I imagine it would be mostly a south-north gradient with the Mediterranean region being richer while the northern relatively more species poor. But maybe I’m wrong and it would be an unexpected pattern!
Ozzimo on
I wood not have guessed
oogabooga78402CZ on
This Is litterally every map of the USA, like litterally
Archidamos42 on
Dang, I need to see what’s going on up in the Panhandle
Current_Ad9294 on
Another common east coast W!
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Why is central Virginia relatively low to the areas that surround it?
I wonder what this map looks like if you only did natives. I know the Smokies is the most native tree diverse national park.
Surprisingly so many areas with little tree species diversity
PNW and southern Louisiana have surprisingly low tree diversity
are trees what will ultimately break my will to stay out of the south for the rest of my life? trees? am i going to florida for TREES? hahahah
Not sure Im buying this one. I would be interested to know what kind of criteria they used to judge the dispersion of species, particular the granularity of the dispersion areas.
What’s the blue? Pine?
This also seems to map the amount of rainfall for the US states
It means 1 or just a few species, so it probably varies spatially as far as which species is where, but my guess would be a lot of those areas have only native Cottonwood species
I find it interesting that this path is also indicative of paths that Hurricanes hit
Tallahassee Represent!
This is not “the USA.” Where are Hawaii and Alaska?
I’m not buying this
This is cool I never expected western tree diversity to be so low. Makes sense for the desert areas but I thought in the mountains would have a more pronounced increase in diversity. TIL
There’s a hypothesis that the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin acts as a route of dispersal and habitat refuge for species between the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain and Southern Appalachians, which allowed more species to survive repeated glacial events over millenia and is a place where two already diverse floristic regions can overlap. (Hence the biodiversity hotspot in the Florida panhandle)
Not all prunus but always a prunus
Monoculture is gonna be what ultimately kills us. One blight and we screwed.
People don’t realize just how biodiverse Alabama is
Somehow, this isn’t making sense to me… California is considered the most biodiverse state in the country and has multiple climate zones and ecological niches in one state. I would think it would have the highest tree diversity relative to other states. I look at the Bay Area and Central Valley on up into the Sierra foothills and there is diversity unlike anywhere else I have been with plants and trees from a wide range of planting zones in them. What am I missing?
Wild how distinct the Pine Barrens are in this image
Ah yes the very diverse trees in *checks notes* the middle of the cornfields of Illinois.
My favorite part of this is that you can clearly see the Hudson Valley! So pretty and deserving of the show offs
I live in a tree dense area. What does the blue look like? I can assume desert for Nevada, but everywhere else is really strange and foreign to me. How do you only have one type of tree per sq mile?
This has large parts of Idaho around the Snake River Valley as only one type of tree and that is simply untrue. So I don’t trust the blue areas.
Also a map of rainfall and orographic effect. Very dry for a large chunk of the year reduces biodiversity down to the most drought adapted species.
It’s kind of a shame about the lower Mississippi. I’d imagine the tree diversity would be extremely high in that area if not for human agriculture
I’d be curious to see a similar map for Europe. I imagine it would be mostly a south-north gradient with the Mediterranean region being richer while the northern relatively more species poor. But maybe I’m wrong and it would be an unexpected pattern!
I wood not have guessed
This Is litterally every map of the USA, like litterally
Dang, I need to see what’s going on up in the Panhandle
Another common east coast W!