Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:13:48 -0700 From: Robert Ziemer <rrz7001@axe.humboldt.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2691$foo@default> Subject: Re: cp altitude records in W-US
To be more useful in comparing CP altitude records, it would be
important to include latitude as additional information. For example,
"timberline" drops in elevation with increasing latitude. Plants at a
given elevation are subjected to less variation in daylength and
temperature extremes at 30 degrees latitude than at 45 degrees or at 60
degrees. Consequently, it would not be surprising find plants that are
absent above 1000 m at 45 degrees latitude to be quite common at 2000 m
at 35 degrees latitude. Other useful information might be whether the
site is subjected to a coastal or continental climate.
---Bob Ziemer---
> From: Mybog@aol.com Subject: Re: cp altitude records in W-US Surely
> many of our well-traveled folks have been out scouring the wilderness
> for new cp altitude records this summer. I think it's about time to
> tally-up:
>
> 1. D. rotundifolia, 7700' (2347 m) observed, but 8000+ wouldn't be a
> big surprise
>
> 2. P. macroceras nortensis, 5300' (1615 m) Siskiyou Wilderness
>
> 3. Darlingtonia californica, ~2700 m/9000' reported near Mt Eddy
>
> 4. U. minor, 9300' (2835 m) reported, Sierra NF, wow--anybody seen
> this?
>
> Hawk
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