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.

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MINNESOTA, USA — This abnormal winter could be 'incredibly damaging' to Minnesota's trees, according to a University of Minnesota ecologist. Nick Carletta is a lead meteorologist for the ...

(Dan Williamson / Forum News Service) That’s the assessment of several Minnesota Department ... the dominant canopy trees. And that’s when deer will move in for the winter as the snow piles ...

But warmer temperatures, drought and disease are putting stress on the state’s trees. In northern Minnesota, average low temperatures during the winter have soared more than 7 degrees since 1895.

“These extremes were enough to bring trees to the edge or beyond the edge of functioning,” Hartmann says. Cold-winter lands like the Minnesota Northwoods are disproportionately affected by ...

"In the abnormally mild winter, no snow on the ground ... "I'm really worried about the future of trees in Minnesota with these extremes," said Frelich. "If we have five or six more years like ...

While Tallamy’s work shows that oaks are the best trees in Minnesota for fostering life ... native shade-tolerant plants to get through the winter and complete each stage of their life cycle.

This winter is the warmest on record for Minnesota and the Twin Cities going ... That looks like planting more trees in our communities because it's hotter in the winters and we need to take ...

Photo taken Nov. 29, 2024, in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. By 1991 ... a warm oasis for families who have already cut their tree in the winter weather. “We've had people come close to Christmas ...