There is a sentence in the article "Trees" that "kapok in the south enjoys warmth, while birch in the north keeps out the cold". Please tell me the meaning of this sentence.

"Kapok likes the warmth in the south, and birch is cold-resistant and defends the northern Xinjiang", which means that kapok trees are suitable for growing in the south because they like warmth. Birch is a cold-tolerant plant, so it can take root in northern Xinjiang. It describes the habits and characteristics of kapok and birch.

This sentence comes from the first volume of the second grade text "Trees" compiled by the People's Education Press in primary schools. The original text is as follows:

Poplar is tall, banyan is strong, and buttonwood leaves are like palms. Maple trees in Ye Er are red in autumn, and pine trees and cypresses are green all the year round.

Kapok in the south is warm, while birch in the north is cold-resistant. The living fossil of Metasequoia glyptostroboides is full of flowers.

The article "Trees" describes the ecological habits of trees, and every sentence in the article points out the most intuitive characteristics of the described plants:

Poplar is tall, banyan is stout, and buttonwood leaves are like palms. Maple leaves turn red in autumn, and pine and cypress are green all year round. Kapok trees are suitable for growing in the south because they like warmth. Birch is a cold-tolerant plant, so it can take root in northern Xinjiang. Ginkgo trees and Metasequoia trees are living fossils. When Jingui trees bloom, flowers are everywhere in the yard.

Extended data:

1, growth habit of kapok:

I like a warm, dry and sunny environment. Not cold-resistant, slightly wet-resistant, avoid water accumulation. Drought resistance, pollution resistance, strong wind resistance, deep root system, fast growth and strong germination. The suitable growth temperature is 20 ~ 30℃, and the winter temperature is not lower than 5℃. It is suitable to use deep, fertile and well-drained neutral or slightly acidic sandy soil.

They are mostly distributed in subtropical areas of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan Province and other provinces.

2. Growth habit of birch:

I like light, but I don't like shadows. It likes humidity, has no strict requirements on soil, and grows well in relatively fertile brown forest soil. Strong germination, can germinate and self-renew after cutting. Afforestation can be done by direct seeding or seedling planting, and the afforestation site should be selected in burning land, small logging land, forest edge slope or forest clearing. It is distributed almost all over China, especially in the mountainous areas of northeast, northwest and southwest.

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