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New Seed-Collection Zones for the Eastern United States: The Eastern Seed Zone Forum

from Journal of Forestry, March 24, 2020

New Seed-Collection Zones for the Eastern United States: The Eastern Seed Zone Forum Journal of Forestry, March 24, 2020 Reforestation and restoration efforts have traditionally relied on "local" seed sources as planting stock. The term "local" has different meanings in different locales, since no single set of seed-collection zones has yet been widely adopted across the eastern United States. Given concerns about mitigating the effects of climate change, forest managers are increasingly seeking to move seed sources in a process called assisted migration, which would be facilitated if a common set of seed-collection zones were available. READ MORE

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