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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
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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