Oak trees around Minnesota have suffered from bouts of heavy precipitation and drought — conditions that make them more vulnerable to two-lined chestnut borer, a beetle that eats the inner bark ...

To do the most good for the most things, and support the most life, plant an oak tree, according to research from University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy.

MINNEAPOLIS — The record warmth this winter could continue to cause problems through the spring and summer for oak trees. Oak wilt, which has been in Minnesota for 70 years now, continues to spread.

For her part, Hagerty says she’s been able to treat and protect 18 of Racek’s oak trees from the borers. She notes if they’re discovered soon enough, a tree can be saved.

Oak trees are producing a bumper crop in Minnesota. "There are lots of animals that eat acorns," she said. If a tree produced the same number of acorns every year, the animal population would grow ...

About a quarter of the 1.4 million trees the group planted in Minnesota this year were “climate-adapted,” says Laura Slavsky, a resilience forester for the conservation group who was ...

Satellite imagery research funded by the Minnesota State Legislature and supported by the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center (MITPPC) assisted in detecting oak wilt disease in ...

Gardening; How pruning an oak tree at the right time can head off a deadly new disease. Published: ; Nov. 14, 2024, 6:00 a.m.

Science | March 15, 2024. In Minnesota, Researchers Are Moving Trees Farther North to Save Forests. As the world warms, trees in such forests will no longer be adapted to their local climates.

He says the safest climate-adapted trees to plant in Minnesota are the ones that are already here, like Meyer's oak trees with the southern Minnesota genetics. He calls those green trees.

In Minnesota’s rapidly warming forests, researchers are planting trees from southern climates because they’re expected to grow better as temperatures rise. Search Query Show Search.