Desert Plants: Sustainable Landscaping
When beginning this topic, I quickly realized it could become a lecture on ALL of the United States regions, and their native plants. Not only each region, but also each state — and within each state, there are sometimes multiple regions. Ugh.
It’s not as simple as dividing the United States into north, south, east and west. Clearly, they all converge at some point and share characteristics of their directional cousins. The southeast for example, is an apple and oranges discussion when compared to the southwest. Florida vs. El Paso — both in the “south.” One is a swamp and hot as Hades — the other is covered in red clay and rock, with sparse vegetation — also, hot as Hades.
The Purpose of the Breakdown: On Native Plant Species
This isn’t a lesson in meteorology, zoology, botany or which all-season tires will work best on your local roadways in climate change. This breakdown is to provide you with some necessary information on what types of plants and trees you might benefit from in helping to add a slice of sustainability to your local Eco-system. Continue reading
