Re: [ranchos] Pines of Jalisco

[Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...>]

Not surprisingly, Mexico is one of the two biggest
customers for our forest products.  Japan, I believe
is number one.

Alberto Duarte
Santa Maria, California

--- Edward Serros <ed@...> wrote:

> 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
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



	
		
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