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 ...

Of the thousands of native plants and trees that most Americans and nearly all Minnesotans can plant in their yards, one species towers above the rest. To do the most good for the most things, and ...

Along a gravel road to the north of its namesake, the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry (or Wanhi Yukan as its known in the Dakota language) is surrounded by farmland - an oasis of prairie and overgrown oak ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.