Editing Lake Erie (section)

====Microclimates====
The lake is responsible for [[microclimate]]s that are important to agriculture. Along its north shore is one of the richest areas of Canada's fruit and vegetable production; this southernmost tip, particularly in the area around Leamington, is known as Canada's "tomato capital".<ref name=twsZ24/> The area around [[Port Rowan, Ontario|Port Rowan]] has special trees that grow because of the "tempering effect of the lake", and species include [[Liriodendron|tulip trees]], [[Cornus|dogwood]], [[sassafras]], and [[Nyssa sylvatica|sour gum]].<ref name=twsX18/> This area's many greenhouses produce a "variety of tropical plants rarely cultivated so far north", including some species of cacti, because of the lake's tempering effect.<ref name=twsX18/> Along the southeastern shore of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York is an important [[grape]]-growing region, as are the islands in the lake. [[Apple]] orchards are abundant in northeast Ohio to western New York.