Plantclimates of California: Zones of similar plant responses and their possible interpretation by effective day-night temperatures

Kimball, M; Brooks, F

Plantclimates of California: Zones of similar plant responses and their possible interpretation by effective day-night temperatures

Authors

M. H. Kimball
F. A. Brooks

Authors Affiliations

M.H. Kimball is Extension Ornamental Horticulturist, University of California, Los Angeles; F. A. Brooks is Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 13(5):7-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n05p7. May 1959.

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Abstract

Climate is one–and perhaps the most important–of the fundamental determinants of what plants can be grown in a given area. Climate, in this broad sense, includes temperature, total annual rainfall and seasonal distribution, as well as atmospheric humidity, air movement and light and other factors.

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