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View Poll Results: Which country has a larger subtropical zone?
United States 19 26.76%
China 52 73.24%
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Old 10-05-2013, 11:43 AM
 
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Which country do you think has a larger subtropical zone?

The United States: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

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China: http://www.natures-water.com/educati...ones/china.jpg
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Old 10-05-2013, 11:55 AM
 
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China easily. All that zone 9 is subtropical. Probably why oranges are native to China.
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Old 10-05-2013, 01:49 PM
 
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China easily. All that zone 9 is subtropical. Probably why oranges are native to China.
Which is funny, because in Puerto Rico we're the only ones that call oranges "fruta china" while everyone else calls it a "naranja". The Spanish were the ones that brought the orange to the Americas in the 1500s, I wonder if PR's usages of china was the original word for it? Like we call orange juice jugo de china or Chinese juice if you transliterate it.
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Old 10-05-2013, 01:52 PM
 
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Seems like to me the US has a larger zone
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Old 10-05-2013, 02:30 PM
 
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Seems like to me the US has a larger zone

I don't think that area shown in the US is all subtropical. New Jersey, Maryland, VA? Don't think so.

Although your map doesn't show the SW US subtropical areas.
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Old 10-05-2013, 02:49 PM
 
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Well to be honest if it is 28c in October I would say that yes you are Subtropical.
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Old 10-05-2013, 03:26 PM
 
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I don't think that area shown in the US is all subtropical. New Jersey, Maryland, VA? Don't think so.

Although your map doesn't show the SW US subtropical areas.


Still larger even under Trewartha
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Old 10-05-2013, 05:02 PM
 
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It appears to me that after looking at the maps, that China has slightly more. It extends a bit further south than the continental US and thus will have a bit more subtropical land area
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Old 10-05-2013, 08:59 PM
 
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China easily. only zone 10 and parts of zone 11 can be counted as sub-tropical and china easily has more zone 10 and 11 area than the usa.
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Old 10-06-2013, 05:24 AM
 
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Well to be honest if it is 28c in October I would say that yes you are Subtropical.
It was 28C in the UK October 2011, does that mean we are sub-tropical?
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