Global Warming Scary For Plants | TheLedger.com

Boston University biology professor Richard Primack, quoted in the April 2012 issue of "Natural Awakenings," said, "There are a lot of things you can grow now that you couldn't grow before. People don't think of figs as a crop you can grow in the Boston area. You can do it now."

...But assisted colonization — moving plants to higher elevations that, due to climate change, might soon be suitable for long-term survival — is already being done by botanists desperate to stave off plant extinctions.