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Promote drought and heat-tolerant species: Promote adapted trees in beech-birch-maple forests

Adaptation Strategies and Actions

Promote drought and heat-tolerant species: Promote adapted trees in beech-birch-maple forests

Adaptation type: 
Land and forest stewardship or restoration

Strategy:

Promote drought and heat-tolerant species. 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 beech-birch-maple forests

Beech-birch-maple forest. Photo credit: Anthony W. D'Amato
Beech-birch-maple forest. Photo credit: Anthony W. D'Amato

On warmer, drier sites, such as south facing slopes, promote drought tolerant species such as red oak. On cooler, moister sites, such as northern slopes, continue encouraging traditional northern hardwood species such as sugar maple and yellow 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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