Transplanted Sapling Long-term Survivability with Experimental Fungicide and Fencing at Multiple Michigan Sites (2009-2023)

Long-term transplant sapling recruitment (2009-2023) in Michigan, seeking to understand the effects of transplanting northern, southern, and locally sourced tree seeds. Regional sapling transplants simulate the effects of climate change as well as different tree species' ability to survive human-assisted northward migration. This dataset includes >25 species of trees and woody plants with approximately 500 surviving saplings out of ~24,000 transplanted throughout 2009-2017. Saplings are also experimentally treated with fungicide, some fenced to prevent deer browse, and planted under differing levels of canopy cover. Saplings are censused yearly, most recently 2023, recording survival and height.