Title:

Current and future plant hardiness zones for the conterminous United States

Author(s):

Hanberry, Brice B.; Fraser, Jacob S.

Publication Year:

2019

How to Cite:

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Hanberry, Brice B.; Fraser, Jacob S. 2019. Current and future plant hardiness zones for the conterminous United States. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0035

Abstract:

This data publication includes raster digital files containing plant hardiness zones of current climate (1981–2010) and future climates (2070–2099; CanESM2, GFDL-ESM2G, and HadGEM2-ES general circulation models at representative concentration pathway 8.5) in the conterminous United States. Plant hardiness zones represent the coldest day of the year, averaged over 30 years. For the plant hardiness zones, we identified the lowest daily minimum temperature of the winter-centric year (July–June) and then averaged each year’s extreme daily minimum during 30 years. We assigned 5.6 °Celsius (°C) zones and 2.8 °C half zones.

Keywords:

farming; boundaries; environment; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; geoscientificInformation; Climate change; Climatology; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Forest & Plant Health; coldest day; plant hardiness zones; United States

Related publications:

• Hanberry, Brice B.; Fraser, Jacob S. 2019. Visualizing current and future climate boundaries of the conterminous United States: Implications for forests. Forests. 10(3): 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030280

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