On 11 Dec 2002 19:26:48 GMT, (Iris Cohen) wrote:

I'd love to see a couple planted at the WTC site as a living memorial.

I doubt they would survive. Besides, there is no relationship between the
sequoia & Manhattan.

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much
that ain't so."
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885

The hijacked planes that were flown into the WTC were both bound for
Los Angeles (all four were bound for California), so there is some
relationship.

Giant sequoia is hardy to somewhere below -20F, but its native climate
is much drier than New York is. With California native plants, wet
climate predisposes to all manner of diseases. Though it can live
thousands of years where it is native, I doubt a sequoia grove would
make the sort of perpetual memorial the WTC site deserves.

--
Chris Green