ZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWestern gray squirrels are now considered endangered in Washington state: "Seriously threatened with extinction"www.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkWestern gray squirrels are now considered endangered in Washington state: "Seriously threatened with extinction"www.cbsnews.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squarepan_troglodytes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agowe’ve got a fair share of pine trees but oak? havent seen an oak that someone didnt plant - isnt oak a midwest/east coast thing?
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThere is only one species native to WA I think but CA has around 20 or so. They generally prefer warmer and drier conditions than you’ve got.
minus-squarepan_troglodytes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoah, that’d explain it - thanks!
minus-squarerab@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWe have oak trees here in Victoria BC so I reckon it should be native in Washington too
we’ve got a fair share of pine trees but oak? havent seen an oak that someone didnt plant - isnt oak a midwest/east coast thing?
There is only one species native to WA I think but CA has around 20 or so. They generally prefer warmer and drier conditions than you’ve got.
ah, that’d explain it - thanks!
We have oak trees here in Victoria BC so I reckon it should be native in Washington too