semitropical

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Coca grows in semitropical areas at heights of between 200 and 1,500 metres over sea level, and unlike oranges, can be harvested three to six times per year.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

These cold-water fish can already be found in some improbable places, including semitropical Florida and the arid Gobi Desert.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2023

No survivors have been found as rescuers search the rugged, charred mountainside in the semitropical Guangxi region.

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Spaniards and other Europeans spent vacations or retired here to be near the sea, while locals harvested banana trees in the semitropical warmth of Spain’s Canary Islands.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Range.—Known only from the semitropical Life-zone in western Michoac�n.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.