Center for forest provenance data

The Center for Forest Provenance Data is a place for researchers to archive provenance data and genecology studies of forest trees and make available for collaboration with other researchers. Studies consider genetic variation among forest trees from different source locations by growing them in replicated tests in a common environment such that observed differences are primarily due to genotype and not the environment. Consistent differences among sources that are associated with environmental gradients are indicative of adaptively significant variation. These studies are important for understanding genetic variation across the landscape and for managing genetic resources for reforestation, restoration, gene conservation, and responding to climate change. The Center for Forest Provenance Data has sections for submitting and retrieving data from the database. There is also a search tool for determining studies that are currently in the database. Currently, the database includes provenance information for ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, whitebark pine, sugar pine, and white fir.