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Kew Gardens says it could lose half its trees due to climate change - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[โ€“] upto60percentoff@kbin.run 2 points 7 months ago

The entwives will leave

[โ€“] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

We have all of these species growing in California which is basically a hotter, drier version of the same climate. So while these species will be more stressed, I doubt they will completely disappear.

English oak and English holly do reasonably well here, though they usually need some irrigation. Silver birch and European beech are definitely more marginal and you may see higher mortality with those species.