“…Responses to the environment can then be used to create geographically delineated seed zones to help ensure that seed can be transferred among areas of similar climate, increasing odds of appropriately adapted vegetation and successful restoration (Bower, St. Clair, & Erickson, ). Recent genecology studies have found that winter minimum temperatures are a primary agent of genetic variation in conifers (Rehfeldt, ; Rehfeldt & Jaquish, ; Rehfeldt, Jaquish, Sáenz‐Romero, et al., ), native grasses (R. C. Johnson et al., ; St. Clair, Kilkenny, Johnson, Shaw, & Weaver, ), and shrubs (Horning, McGovern, Darris, Mandel, & Johnson, ; Richardson et al., ). However, sufficient information on climatic adaptations is lacking in the majority of native grasses, forbs, and shrubs used for restoration purposes.…”