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Promote drought and heat-tolerant species: Promote adapted trees in oak/pine forests

Adaptation Strategies and Actions

Promote drought and heat-tolerant species: Promote adapted trees in oak/pine forests

Adaptation type: 
Land and forest stewardship or restoration

Strategy:

Promote drought and heat-tolerant species, based on your forest type.

Forests are likely to experience increased temperature and decreased moisture conditions as the climate changes. Therefore, it is important to promote species that are well adapted to these new conditions. 

Action

Promote adapted trees in oak/pine forests

Red oak seedling. Photo credit: Anthony W. D'Amato
Red oak seedling. Photo credit: Anthony W. D'Amato

The species composition of oak/pine transition hardwood forest types are typically a combination of species from the oak/hickory central hardwoods and beech-birch-maple northern hardwood forests. Promote the species from these forest types that prefer warmer sites such as red and white oak, white pine, and black birch.

Target Species, Species Groups, Habitats and Stressors

Habitats and Species Groups: 

Scope and Constraints

Time: 
Repeated at time of harvesting
Cost: 
Minimal or no cost
Geographical: 
Parcel-scale

Goals

Forestry Goal 2: Reduce stress to forests

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