California Climate Adaptation Resource Links for Bay Area Gardens Network – 10/27/23

UC Davis Resources:

Climate Adaptation Planning Presentation:
https://ucdavis.box.com/s/a0kgc8b9j91rq02bp4sxjny7lrys8j1q

Living Landscape Adaptation Plan:
https://ucdavis.box.com/s/84991kl0xyjyaywouucs5x5zwv01wdhe

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Model:

Landscape Succession Strategy: https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/initiatives/landscape-succession-strategy/

Planning Tools:

USDA Forest Service Adaptation Workbook: https://adaptationworkbook.org/

CCABG (Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens) Landscape Succession Toolkit:

https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/initiatives/climate-change-alliance/landscape-succession-toolkit/

APGA (American Public Gardens Association) Disaster Readiness Initiative:

https://www.publicgardens.org/grow-your-garden/protect/disaster-readiness/

Arbnet Climate Adaptation Planning Resources: http://arbnet.org/resources/climate-adaptation-planning

- ArbNet has assembled an annotated list of adaptation resources for public gardens that contains many of these links and more if you would like to go deeper.

Climate Risk Assessment Tools:

California Climate Change Assessment Regional Reports:

https://www.climateassessment.ca.gov/regions/

Cal-Adapt Climate Tools: https://cal-adapt.org/tools/

Climate Toolbox Future Climate Dashboard: https://climatetoolbox.org/tool/Future-Climate-Dashboard

Future Urban Climate Web Application: https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/

Collection Assessment Tools:

Climate Assessment Tool: https://cat.bgci.org/

- Use this tool developed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International to look up the climate

suitability of tree species. You can identify the location where you’ll plant the tree, the tree

species, and the climate change scenario you’d like to evaluate.

SelecTree Database: https://selectree.calpoly.edu/

- A great resource for photos, plant zone information, pest/disease susceptibility, branch strength,

drought tolerance, etc.

WUCOLS (Water Use Classification of Landscape Species): https://ccuh.ucdavis.edu/wucols-db