Nashville, Tennessee Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Flora=== The nearby city of [[Lebanon, Tennessee|Lebanon]] is notable and even named for its so-called "cedar glades", which occur on soils too poor to support most trees and are instead dominated by [[Juniperus virginiana|Virginian juniper]]. [[Blackberry]] bushes, [[Pinus virginiana|Virginia pine]], [[Pinus taeda|loblolly pine]], [[Sassafras albidum|sassafras]], [[Acer rubrum|red maple]], [[Betula nigra|river birch]], [[Fagus grandifolia|American beech]], [[Arundinaria gigantea|river cane]], [[Kalmia latifolia|mountain laurel]] and [[Platanus occidentalis|sycamore]] are all common native trees, along with many others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ag.tennessee.edu/tnyards/Documents/Native_Trees_for_Tennessee.pdf |title=Native Trees for Tennessee |website=The University of Tennessee, Agricultural Extension Service |first=Larry |last=Tankersley |date=July 1998 |access-date=July 6, 2019 |archive-date=July 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706124713/https://ag.tennessee.edu/tnyards/Documents/Native_Trees_for_Tennessee.pdf }}</ref> In addition to the native forests, the combination of hot summers, abundant rainfall and mild winters permit a wide variety of both temperate and subtropical plants to be cultivated easily. [[Magnolia grandiflora|Southern magnolia]] and cherry blossom trees are commonly cultivated here, with the city having an annual cherry blossom festival.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2019/04/10/nashville-cherry-blossom-festival-chance-celebrate-friendship/3380269002/ |title=Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival is a chance to celebrate international friendship |work=The Tennessean |first=Hiroyuki |last=Kobayashi |date=April 9, 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> [[Lagerstroemia|Crepe myrtles]] and [[Taxus|yew]] bushes are also commonly grown throughout Metro Nashville, and the winters are mild enough that [[Magnolia virginiana|sweetbay magnolia]] is evergreen whenever it is cultivated. The [[pansy]] flower is popular to plant during the autumn, and some varieties will flower overwinter in Nashville's subtropical climate. However, many hot-weather plants like [[petunia]] and even [[Cyperus papyrus|papyrus]] thrive as annuals, and [[Musa basjoo|Japanese banana]] will die aboveground during winter but re-sprout after the danger of frost is over. Unbeknownst to most Tennesseans, even [[List of hardy palms|cold-hardy palms]], particularly [[Rhapidophyllum|needle palm]] and [[Sabal minor|dwarf palmetto]], are grown uncommonly but often successfully, while the taller [[Trachycarpus fortunei|windmill palm]] is more marginal, perishing below about {{convert|5|F|C}} without protection. High desert plants like [[Picea pungens|Colorado spruce]] and [[Opuntia humifusa|prickly pear cactus]] are also grown somewhat commonly, as are ''[[Yucca filamentosa]]'' and the trunking ''[[Yucca rostrata]]''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page