Yanayi Ya Bayyana Dalilin Da Yasa Bishiyoyin Yammacin Gabashin Yafi Tsayi Da Na Gabas
Daga Brian Palmer, An buga: Afrilu 30
A bara, wata tawagar masu hawan dutse karkashin jagorancin arborist Will Blozan sun auna itace mafi tsayi a gabashin Amurka: itacen tulip mai tsawon ƙafa 192 a cikin Babban tsaunin Smoky. Ko da yake nasarar ta kasance mai mahimmanci, ya taimaka wajen jaddada yadda ake kwatanta itatuwan Gabas masu ƙanƙara da ƙattai a bakin tekun Arewacin California.
Zakaran na yanzu mai tsayi daga Yamma shine Hyperion, wani katako mai tsayi mai tsayi 379 wanda ke tsaye a wani wuri a cikin Redwood National Park na California. (Masu bincike sun yi shiru a daidai wurin don kare itace mafi tsayi a duniya.) Wannan kawai inuwa ce a ƙarƙashin girman girman itacen Gabas mafi tsayi. A gaskiya ma, ko da matsakaicin matsakaicin redwood na bakin teku yana girma fiye da ƙafa 100 fiye da kowane itace a Gabas.
Kuma bambance-bambancen tsayi bai iyakance ga redwoods ba. Douglas firs a yammacin Amurka da Kanada na iya girma kusa da tsayin ƙafa 400 kafin shiga ya kawar da manyan wakilan nau'in. (Akwai bayanan tarihi na bishiyoyin toka masu tsayi daidai a Ostiraliya kusan karni daya da suka gabata, amma waɗanda suka sha wahala iri ɗaya kamar mafi tsayi Douglas firs da redwoods.)
Babu musun hakan: Bishiyoyi sun fi tsayi a Yamma. Amma me ya sa?
Don ganowa, karanta cikakken labarin a The Washington Post.