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It could be either native or planted examples (for a city).
For instance, much has been said on this forum about people planting palm trees at high latitude, cold and oceanic climates far to the northern limits of their native range, which can give an impression of it being warmer to some (though to others it just might look odd and disagreeable -- opinions vary).
Sometimes even native vegetation can give people impressions of mismatches with what they think should look "normal" for the climate. For instance, New Zealand has palms and rainforest trees, with it's flora being descended from tropical ones that evolved to adapt to a temperate zone, which might make people from certain North American or European climates think it looks hotter/more tropical than it actually is.
Deciduous trees, like maples and oaks, typical of the northeast, can even be found ranging into the Deep South and Texas, in the United States. So, some people might think it looks cooler than really is (if they saw say a picture of autumn foliage there).
Where do you think such mismatches in perception with impressions based on vegetation occur?
My first couple of months here after spending most of my life up north whenever I saw a big Tracheocarpus or a CIDP I'd stop and stare and think to myself "Is that real, seriously?! In London, city of medieval frost fairs, fog and drizzle?!" Fair enough, our climate clearly is warm enough for them to survive because they're here but I still associate them with solid subtropical/Mediterranean climates where IMO they belong, and thankfully this June has shown we've still got some way to go before we're no longer the 50s latitude cool maritime climate we're supposed to be
I can't really think of any, but I have seen some scenes from the subarctic that look eerily tropical or subtropical. For instance this sandy beach looks remarkably better than what one would think Kodiak, Alaska's beaches would look like, and the surf is sort of reminiscent of the tropics. Of course the clouds and the native vegetation look distinctly cooler.
the tourism ads from Newfoundland showing glowing turquoise seas, electric green grassy covered rock cliffs on a bright sunny day look like afternoons should normally be above 72 F/22 C for a portion of the year... yet most of the Newfoundland coastline struggles to have average summer monthly maximums beyond 18 C/64 F.
I can't really think of any, but I have seen some scenes from the subarctic that look eerily tropical or subtropical. For instance this sandy beach looks remarkably better than what one would think Kodiak, Alaska's beaches would look like, and the surf is sort of reminiscent of the tropics. Of course the clouds and the native vegetation look distinctly cooler.
I can't really think of any, but I have seen some scenes from the subarctic that look eerily tropical or subtropical. For instance this sandy beach looks remarkably better than what one would think Kodiak, Alaska's beaches would look like, and the surf is sort of reminiscent of the tropics. Of course the clouds and the native vegetation look distinctly cooler.
Must be one of the 5 average sunny days in a year. But seriously, it's a beautiful picture.
Most cities in the interior west give the impression of being much wetter then they actually are because people have planted vegetation from places that get 3-4 times our average precipitation.
I can't really think of any, but I have seen some scenes from the subarctic that look eerily tropical or subtropical. For instance this sandy beach looks remarkably better than what one would think Kodiak, Alaska's beaches would look like, and the surf is sort of reminiscent of the tropics. Of course the clouds and the native vegetation look distinctly cooler.
That's shocking! Our beaches down here don't even look that warm
That Alaskan beach has a cold vibe to me. A good line up would happen be possible though, so that's a plus. It looks like some areas of coastline in the far south of NZ, although it lacks the colour a little.
Back to the original question. I could perhaps understand people from abroad, thinking NZ flora looks out of place, but I've never heard anyone ever say that. NZ flora is as much about adequate moisture as temps. I sometimes think that deciduous trees look out of place with the climate here, with some oaks and maples only losing their leaves when the new bud burst is about to happen. Cactus are probably the most misleading plants around here, a 20 ft high cactus looks out of place during a prolonged wet, muddy spell.
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But seriously, it's a beautiful picture.
