Habitat suitability is expected to remain stable for bitternut hickory, sycamore, and white oak in mesic bottomland forests through the end of the century.

The models available are not equipped to capture the complex hydrologic processes that occur in these systems, so actual habitat suitability might differ from what is projected. With that caveat in mind, multiple models models tend to agree about the general trajectory of the dominant species in these systems.Some models and scenarios suggest a decrease in habitat suitability or establishment for white oak, but since it is a long-lived species that can tolerate a wide variety of stressors no large changes in white oak are expected over the next several decades.