Pines of Jalisco

["Edward Serros" <ed@...>]

Arturo,

In my readings on Mexico, I have been impressed with the deforestation of the ranchos 
areas and farther north. All of this excessive deforestation may partly account for the 
present "low yield" nature of the land, not that it was real good anyway. It reminds me of 
the cedars of Lebanon, which used to cover Lebanon. Now Lebanon has nothing to speak 
of since most, if not all, of the trees were used in various projects, including ship-
building, centuries ago. Any comments?

Our Spanish ancestors had only one thing in mind sometimes: gold. Unfortunately, the 
environmental impact may have been huge and deleterious.

Oh yeah, our Spanish ancestors had another thing on their mind: women.

Ed

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...> wrote:
>
> Joseph et al:
> 
> I have been working on a lumber case for the past four years and know 
> way more that I ever cared to know about species of trees, so when I 
> saw your question I got curious.  I know from having been in Jalisco 
> that the mountainous areas are a mix of coniferous and deciduous 
> forests, and that the plains are grasslands but this gives all of the 
> details of the extent of those ecoregions as well as the actual 
> species that grow there.  Pinus Montezumae... cool name... also known 
> as Ocote as in Ocotlan, Jalisco (which literally means the place of 
> Montezuma pines).
> 
> "Pine forests in Mexico grow at elevations of 2,275-2,600 m and are 
> composed mainly of Pinus montezumae."
> 
> http://www.vivanatura.org/Maps%20Mexican%20ecosystems.html
> 
> The following website from Semarnat (Secretariat of Environment and 
> Natural Reources) gives more details on all the major commericalized 
> plant species in Mexico:
> 
> http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/pfnm/amplia.html
>