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NickB79

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20. Yep. Minneapolis is now zone 5a

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #17)

Mon Sep 9, 2024, 11:37 AM

Sep 2024

40 yr ago it was 4a. The MN DNR is now recommending planting oaks and maples that used to be native to southern Minnesota all the way to the Canadian border, because they've realized our iconic North Woods conifer forest is living in borrowed time.

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