Table 1 Drought tolerance classes for common tree species of the Northeastern U.S. as described in Niinemets and Valladares (2006), Gustafson and Sturtevant (2013), and Peters et al. (2015)
From: Are Northeastern U.S. forests vulnerable to extreme drought?
Species | Drought tolerance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Niinemets and Valladares (2006) (Numeric scale 1 to 5) | Gustafson and Sturtevant (2013) (No numeric scale) | Peters et al. (2015) (Numeric scale − 3 to 3) | |
Abies balsamea | Very intolerant (1.0) | Somewhat intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Acer rubrum | Intolerant (1.8) | Somewhat tolerant | Somewhat tolerant (1) |
Acer saccharum | Intolerant (2.3) | Somewhat tolerant | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Betula allegheniensis | Somewhat tolerant (3.0) | Somewhat intolerant | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Betula lenta | Somewhat tolerant (3.0) | – | Intolerant (− 2) |
Betula papyrifera | Intolerant (2.0) | Intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Carya ovata | Somewhat tolerant (3.0) | – | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
a Castanea dentata | Somewhat tolerant (3.0) | – | Somewhat tolerant (1) |
Fagus grandifolia | Intolerant (1.5) | – | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Fraxinus americana | Intolerant (2.4) | Somewhat tolerant | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Fraxinus nigra | Intolerant (2.0) | Intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Tolerant (3.9) | – | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Larix laricina | Intolerant (2.0) | Somewhat tolerant | Somewhat tolerant (1) |
Picea glauca | Somewhat tolerant (2.9) | Somewhat intolerant | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Picea mariana | Intolerant (2.0) | Somewhat tolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Picea rubens | Somewhat tolerant (2.5) | Tolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Pinus banksiana | Tolerant (4.0) | Tolerant | Tolerant (2) |
Pinus strobus | Intolerant (2.3) | Tolerant | Very intolerant (− 3) |
Populus grandidentata | Somewhat tolerant (2.5) | Intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Populus tremuloides | Intolerant (1.8) | Intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Prunus serotina | Somewhat tolerant (3.0) | Somewhat tolerant | Tolerant (2) |
Quercus alba | Tolerant (3.6) | Tolerant | Somewhat tolerant (1) |
Quercus rubra | Somewhat tolerant (2.9) | Tolerant | Somewhat tolerant (1) |
Quercus velutina | Somewhat tolerant (3.0) | – | Tolerant (2) |
Thuja occidentalis | Somewhat tolerant (2.7) | Somewhat intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
Tilia americana | Somewhat tolerant (2.9) | Somewhat tolerant | Somewhat intolerant (− 1) |
Tsuga canadensis | Very intolerant (1.0) | Somewhat intolerant | Intolerant (− 2) |
a Ulmus americana | Somewhat tolerant (2.9) | – | Intolerant (− 2) |