striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)

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Striped maple is narrowly distributed (3.5% of area), sparse, and usually with low IV; it is a highly adaptable, common species present now on the Appalachian spine into New England. The medium reliable model expands the potential territory substantially through the lower Mississippi Valley, but reduces the average abundance per acre so that overall, the importance is projected to decline and with a poor capacity to cope with a changing climate. SHIFTMigration model that calculates the likelihood of colonization, based on current abundance over an approximately 100-year time period period to roughly intersect the future suitable habitats predicted by DISTRIB-II shows some minor infillThe species is projected, according to SHIFT, to be a good species to plant to ‘fill in’ suitable habitats, most often in the general proximity and gaps present in the current range of the species..

RCP 4.5 SHIFTLoad DISTRIB-II + SHIFT output for the Moderate Emissions (RCP 4.5) climate model scenarioRCP 8.5 SHIFTLoad DISTRIB-II + SHIFT output for the High Emissions (RCP 8.5) climate model scenario