A diverse landscape including unusual tree species can provide benefits such as visual interest, delicious fruit, and resistance to pests, disease, and climate change.
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Despite the cool, wet weather, Minnesota Master Naturalist volunteers made their mark during City Nature Challenge by hosting events, teaching others about iNaturalist, and adding their own observations.
With the snowmelt and increased rain this spring, understand the risks and symptoms of flooding on trees.
Learn about the science behind the high-risk season for oak wilt, one of Minnesota's most dangerous diseases of oak trees.
Forest carbon markets are becoming more popular in Minnesota. If you're a woodland owner, what questions should you ask to decide if they're right for you?
Trees may not be able to escape the cold, but there are a few surprising benefits of cold temperatures.
Minnesota was battered by record-breaking high winds after record-breaking high temperatures. This weather is not normal and is one symptom of climate change.
Read more about which tree and woodland sequestered the most carbon in 2021.
Pollinators are the glue holding our food system together and key connectors between the plant and animal world. This National Pollinators Week, learn how pollinators can help us appreciate and support our connections to the diversity of the natural world and each other.
A perennial vine native to Asia, red hailstone, or golden creeper, may have been planted as an ornamental vine or vegetable crop. It grows over and smothers other plants.