Collection: Climate Change Adaptable Species

Climate change is beginning to pose real threats to forests in southern Wisconsin. Forest managers see increasing challenges, including milder winters and more extreme weather events due to climate change. Predictions support that temperatures will continue to increase across all seasons in southern Wisconsin over the next century. More information on Climate change in Wisconsin can be found here.

Climate change is likely to:

• Influence plant growth and survival
• Increase damage from forest insect pests and diseases
• Affect growing degree days & plant hardiness zones
• Increase stress on boreal tree species 

These species may be better suited to future conditions in southern Wisconsin. To learn more, visit the Climate Change Tree Atlas website.

 Photo credit: https://www.theclimategroup.org/