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TT: Re: Sequoia sempervirens in Northern Italy
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In reply to "curious about coast redwood growing outside of the fog
belt," there are many fine examples of Sequoia sempervirens growing in
European arboreta and botanic gardens, especially along the "fog belt"
facing the North Atlantic (many plants from the Pacific North West do well
western Scotland, for instance). Beyond the fog belt, I have seen several
spectacular, mature (>100 year-old, > 30 m tall) specimens gowing at the
"Parco della Burcina" near Biella at the foot of the Alps in the Piemonte
region of northern Italy. (This historic grove is illustrated in the
splendid volume "Alberi Monumentali d'Italia." Ferro, A. and Fontana, E.
(eds.). Edizioni Abete, Rome. 373 pp. 1992). Many other fine specimens
of S. sempervirens may be found growing throughout the rainy country facing
Lago Maggiore and Lago di Como.
James Hill Craddock
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
USA
Tel. (423) 755-4341 = office
(423) 785-2285 = fax
e-mail Hill-Craddock@utc.edu
http://www.utc.edu:80/~best/craddock.html
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