IMozulu Ichaza Isizathu Sokuba Imithi YokuNxweme LwaseNtshona Iphakame Kakhulu kuneyaseMpuma
NguBrian Palmer, iPapashiwe: nge-30 ka-Epreli
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iqela labakhweli elikhokelwa nguWill Blozan walinganisa owona mthi mde kwimpuma ye-United States: umthi we-tulip oziimitha ezili-192 kwiiNtaba ze-Great Smoky. Nangona impumelelo ibibalulekile, isebenze ekugxininiseni indlela emincinane ngayo imithi yaseMpuma xa ithelekiswa nezigebenga ezigudle unxweme lwaseMantla eKhalifoniya.
Intshatsheli yangoku yokuphakama eNtshona yiHyperion, i-379-foot coast redwood emi ndaweni ithile e-Redwood National Park yaseCalifornia. (Abaphandi baye bagcina indawo echanekileyo izolile ukuze bakhusele owona mthi mde ehlabathini.) Lowo ngumthunzi nje ongaphantsi ngokuphindwe kabini kowona mthi uphakamileyo waseMpuma. Enyanisweni, nomndilili we-redwood wonxweme ukhula ngaphezu kweemitha ezili-100 ubude kunawo nawuphi na umthi oseMpuma.
Kwaye ukungafani kokuphakama akuphelelanga kwi-redwoods. I-Douglas firs kwintshona ye-United States kunye neKhanada inokuba ikhule isondele kwii-400 iinyawo ubude ngaphambi kokugawulwa kwemithi kuphelisa abameli bade beentlobo. (Kukho iingxelo zembali yemithi emide yothuthu lwentaba eOstreliya malunga nenkulungwane eyadlulayo, kodwa ezo ziye zafumana ishwangusha elifanayo nelona lide likaDouglas firs kunye neredwoods.)
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