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REPRESENTATIVE CITIES

Alaska's Interiors:

No List Created - Can anything survive there?

Anchorage & Cooke Inlet:

Alaska's Maritime Climate:

Panhandle including Juneau, Kodiak, Seward, Haines

Coldest Zones East and West of Rockies:

Bend, Redmond, Ketchum, Aspen, Durango, Billings, Truckee, Susanville, Alturas

Cold Mountain & Intermountain Regions:

Idaho Falls, Sandpoint, Missoula

Warmer Summer Intermountain Climate:

Spokane, WA; Coeur d'Alene & Twin Falls, ID; Flagstaff, AZ; Denver, Pueblo, CO; Gallup &Taos

Mild Mountain & Intermountain Climates:

Snake River Valley, Salt Lake City & Ogden, UT, Prescott & Winslow, AZ, Farmington, Clayton, NM

Mildest Mountian & Intermountain Climates:

Tri - Cities, WA; Silver City, NM

Cold Maritime Areas Along the North Coast:

Vancouver & Victoria, BC, Bellingham, Chehalos & Puyallup WA

Northwest Coast and Puget Sound:

Seattle, Redmond, Bremerton, Port Angeles, Astoria, Newport, Coos Bay, Bandon

Willamette and Lower Columbia River Valleys:

Portland, Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Vancouver, WA.

Oregon's Rogue River Valley & California Grey Pine Belt:

Coast Range - Atascadero, Paso Robles; Foothills - Angels Camp, Grass Valley; Grants Pass, Medford

Cold Air Basins of California Central Valleys:

San Joaquin & Sacramento Valleys

Thermal Belt of Calififornia Central Valleys:

San Joaquin & Sacramento Valleys

High Desert Areas of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada & W. Texas:

Kingman, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Carlsbad, Lubbock, Odessa

California-Southern Nevada Medium to High Desert:

Palmdale, Lancaster, Mojave, Barstow, Yucca Valley, Victorville, Las Vegas

Arizona Intermediate Desert:

Tucson, Casa Grande, Wickenburg

Low or Subtropical Desert Areas:

Imperial Valley, Palm Springs, El Centro, Blythe, Yuma & Phoenix

Northern California's Inland Areas with Some Ocean Influence:

Concord, Dublin, Napa, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Ukiah, Gilroy, Hollister, Santa Ynez

Chilly Winter Along CA Coast Range:

Petaluma, Salinas-Watsonville- Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Lompoc

Central & Northern Calif Coast Thermal Belts:

Carmel Valley, Cupertino, Saratoga, San Luis Obispo

Southern Oregon & No. Calif. Coastal Strip:

San Francisco Peninsula, Oakland, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Cambria, Brookings

Southern California Interior Valley Cold Zone:

Simi Valley, Van Nuys, Chino, Ontario, Redlands, San Bernardino, Temecula

Thermal Belts around So. Calif. Interior Valleys:

San Fernando, Chatsworth, Pomona, Valley Center, Alpine

Cold Spots of So. California Occasional Ocean Influence:

San Gabriel Valley, Ojai, Burbank, Glendale, Escondido, Ramona

Thermal Belts of So. California Occasional Ocean Influence:

Pasadena, Fillmore, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Covina, Azusa

Cold Zones Along Southern California Coast:

Irvine, Los Angeles, Lakewood, Santa Paula, El Cajon

Thermal Belts of Southern California Coastal:

Camarillo, Hollywood, Whittier, Mission Viejo,Fallbrook, Vista, La Mesa

Southern California Coastal Strip:

Coastal Areas of San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Oxnard, Ventura

South Florida and the Keys:

Coming Later - We got lost in the swamps!

Central and Interior Florida:

Coming Later - Figuered we needed to visit and research at Epcot Center first!

The Lower Rio Grande Valley:

Brownsville, McAllen, TX

Gulf Coast, Atlantic Coast:

Corpus Christi, Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Tallahassee, Charleston

Interior Plains of Southern Texas & Rio Grande Valley:

San Antonio (part), Laredo, Uvalde

Hill Country of Central Texas:

Austin, San Antonio (part), Marble Falls

Interior Plains of Gulf Coast & Coastal S.E. States:

Bryan, TX; Nacogdoches; Shreveport; Meridian; Montgomery; Wilmington.

Interior plains of Mid-Atlantic States:

Chesapeake Bay, SW Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Atlanta, Raleigh, Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia

North Texas, So. Oklahoma, N. Alabama & Central Tennessee:

Dallas, TX; Abilene, TX; San Angelo, TX; Tyler, TX; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN

Lowlands and Coast from Gettysburg to North of Boston:

Reading, New York City, Long Island, New Haven, Providence, Boston

Arkansas, Southern & Central Kansas, Missouri, Northern Oklahoma, North-Central Kentucky, Southern Ohio:

St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville, Wichita, Springfield

Appalachian Mountains:

Asheville, Charleston, Cumberland, Roanoke, Waynesboro

Hudson Valley and Applachian Plateau:

Albany, Poughkeepsie, Wilkes-Barre

Western MA, VT, NH, Southern Maine into New Brunswick:

Bangor, Portland, ME; Manchester, NH; Springfield, MA

Shoreline Regions of the Great Lakes (Lake Influence):

Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto Ont, Hamilton Ont.

Inland Plains of Lake Erie & Lake Ontario:

Great Lakes, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, London Ont., Brantford Ont.

SE Nebraska, NE Kansas to Northern Illinois and Indiana, SE Wisconsin, Michigan, Northern Ohio

Mountains of Interior Pennsylvania, New York and St. Lawrence Valley:

Altoona, Ithaca

Upper Mississippi Valley, Upper Michigan Southern Ontario and Quebec:

Not Done Yet - Will be a very short list

Mountains of New England and Southeastern Quebec:

Not done yet - Looking for Moose Proof Trees - If any found, will be really short list

Northen Minnesota, Northwestern Wisconsin, Eastern Manitoba, Northern & Central Ontario & Quebec

Not Even Trying to Make a List - You guys are too tough for us

Hawaii's Cooler Volcanic Slopes:

2,000 to 5,000 feet; Kula, Kamuela

Hawaii's Coconut Palm Belt:

Sea level to 2,000 feet: Honolulu, Lihue, Lahaina, Hilo, Kailua-Kona