ABS 360 Study Guide - Fouquieria, Platanus, Olneya
Document Summary
Study guide for topic: landscape trees and shrubs for the southwest. Climate is the key to gardening in the southwest. Our climate ranges from subalpine to sub-tropical deserts, so a wide array of landscape plants can be grown in southwest. Very few plants grow well over the entire range of climates found in the region. Therefore it is important to how local climate influences the types of plants that can grow in the region. Many climatic factors play a role in determining the kinds of plants that will grow in a given location. Some of these factors include geography, minimum winter temperature and maximum summer temperatures, rainfall amount and distribution, humidity, day length and light intensity. United states into climate zones and then lists many landscape plants and what zones they grow best in. Before viewing the video program, read the following section of the textbook and answer the following questions about climate.
