Readings

Energy conservation planting strategies - Tree Care (MNDNR)

Get Your Daily Dose of Trees (MNDNR poster)

Midwest community tree guide: benefits, costs, and strategic tree planting (USFS)

We All Need Trees (MNDNR poster)

Websites

Green Cities: Good Health (University of WA)

Health Benefits of Trees (MNDNR)

The Benefits of Trees (Canopy.org)

The Power of Trees (Arbor Day Foundation)

Tree Benefits Estimator

Videos

Benefits of Trees: Economic, Environmental, Health & Social (Davey)

The Value of Trees (SustainableSM)

Treecycle America: Certified Urban Forestry (Damon Barron)

Urban Trees, Better Air Quality (The Nature Conservancy)

Urban Trees, Cooler Cities (The Nature Conservancy)

When deciding which trees to plant and using "recommended" lists, remember to consider that advice changes. Be sure to consider factors like:

• Publication date of the information,
• Your site location in relation to the guidance, and
• Up-to-date invasive species and noxious weeds lists.

Guides & Planning

A Beginner's Guide to Minnesota Trees

Planting & Growing Guides (UMN Extension)

Silviculture in the City: Urban & Climate Adapted Management Strategies for Forested Areas in the Northeastern U.S. (USFS)

USFS Tree Owner's Manual 

Woodlands of Minnesota Landowner Handbook (MNDNR)

Tree Selection

Climate Change Vulnerability of Urban Trees: Twin Cities (NIACS)

MinnesotaWildflowers.info

Native Trees & Shrubs for Pollinators (Heather Holm)

Native Trees of Minnesota (MNDNR)

Plant Finder (MO Botanical Garden)(Make sure to cross-reference options with Minnesota's climate and conditions.)

Plant Selector (MNDOT) (These lists may include invasive species and/or noxious weeds for MN. Eliminate those options.)

Pollinator Planting Resources (UMN)

Rewilding & recommended trees lists (search posts for your area) (UMN Extension)

SoilWeb Map (UC Davis)

Tree Identification (UFOR)

Tough Trees & Shrubs for Tough Sites (UFOR)

Tree & Shrub Selection and Maintenance (UMN Extension)

Tree Selection & Care (UMN Extension)

Tree Species Projections for Ecological Sections in Minnesota (NIACS)

Trees for Northeast MN UFOR)

Woody Plants Catalog (UFOR)

Box Cutting Containerized Root Systems (PDF)

Energy conservation planning strategies - Tree care (MNDNR)

Gravel Beds for Trees

Planting & Transplanting Trees and Shrubs

Staking & Guying Landscape Trees (PDF)

Tree & Shrub Selection and Maintenance

Tree Stem Protection (PDF)

Caring for a New Tree (PDF)

How to Prune Trees

Myth busting for Extension Educators: Reviewing the literature on pruning woody plants (NACAA)

Staking and Guying Trees in the Landscape (PDF)

Sweating Bare-root Trees (PDF)

Tree Watering (PDF)

Watering Established Trees and Shrubs

Watering Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs

General

Eating with the Seasons, Anishinaabeg, Great Lakes Region (Derek Nicholas)

Gathering wild-grown plants and fungi (UMN Extension)

How to forage for mushrooms, berries and more in Minnesota (MNDNR)

Integrated Pest Management Tools for Crop Production (NEWA)

Minnesota Hardy (UMN)

Minnesota Harvester Handbook (UMN Extension)

Planting a community food forest (UMN Extension)

Fruit

Cold Climate Fruit Webinar Series (UMN Extension)

Growing and Eating Fruits from Trees and Shrubs in Minnesota (PDF)

Perennial Fruit (UMN MISA)

Windbreak Cookbook Featuring Fruits of Prairie Forests (NDSU)

Maple Syrup

Minnesota Maple Syrup Producers Association

North American Maple Syrup Producers Manual, 3rd Ed.

Mushrooms

Harvesting morel mushrooms (UMN Extension)

Minnesota Mycological Society

Nuts & Seeds

Cone and seed collection (MNDNR)

Upper Midwest Hazelnut Development Initiative

24 Ways to Kill a Tree (VA Cooperative Extension)

Frost Cracks and Cankers (PDF)

How to Kill a Tree (Arbor Day Foundation)

Stem Girdling Roots

Storm Damage to Landscape Trees

Other

Fact Sheets (Rainbow Treecare)

What's Wrong with My Plant?

Bronze Birch Borer and Twolined Chestnut Borer

Bur Oak Blight (PDF)

Cytospora Canker (PDF)

Diplodia Tip Blight (PDF)

Dothistroma Needle Blight (PDF)

Dutch Elm Disease

Dutch Elm Disease (PDF)

Eastern Larch Beetle (PDF)

Emerald Ash Borer

Emerald Ash Borer: Guide to Insecticide Selection, Use, and Environment Protection (MDA) (PDF)

Emerald Ash Borer (PDF)

Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota: 2019 Minnesota State Agency Report

Forest Pests and Diseases

Japanese Beetle

Jumping Worms

Oak Wilt

Oak Wilt (PDF)

Oak Wilt Management (MNDNR)

Oak Wilt Guide (MNDNR) (PDF)

Oak Wilt vs. Twolined Chestnut Borer Damage (PDF)

Plant Diseases

Powdery Mildew (PDF)

Rhizosphaera Needle Cast (PDF)

Spongy Moth

Spongy Moth (PDF)

Stigmina Needle Cast (PDF)

Twolined Chestnut Borer (PDF)

Other

Fact Sheets (Rainbow Treecare)

What's Wrong with My Plant?

Buckthorn UMN Citizen Science Project

EDDMapS

Identify Invasive and Non-Native Species

Invasive Terrestrial Plants (MNDNR)

Is This Plant a Weed?

Midwest Invasive Plant Network (MIPN)

Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center (MITPCC)

Minnesota Noxious Weed List (MNDNR)

Minnesota Noxious Weeds (MNDOT)

Report a Pest (MNDNR)

Weed of the Month Series (MDA)

Community forestry (MNDNR)

Ask a MN Master Gardener

Certified Tree Inspector Program

UMN Cloquet Forestry Center

Contact a DNR Forester

Contact a MN Master Naturalist

Contact a MN Water Steward

Contacts for managing a farm (UMN Extension)

DNR Division of Forestry

Find a Professional Arborist with ISA

Forest History Center (MN Historical Society)

History of Forestry in Minnesota (DNR)

Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)

Legislature - Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Minnesota Forest Resources Council

Minnesota Forestry Association

Minnesota Mycological Society

Minnesota State Horticultural Society

Minnesota Tree Care Advisors Map

MN Shade Tree Advisory Committee (MnSTAC)

Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative

Tree Care Advocate Program

UMN Extension Contacts & Offices

UMN Plant Disease Clinic

UMN Soil Testing Lab

UMN Trees Programs

Forest Service Research & Development (USFS)

Fruit and Vegetable News (UMN Extension)

International Society of Arboriculture News

MNDNR Forestry Publications

Minnesota Forestry Association

MN Shade Tree Advisory Committee

Minnesota Tree Care Advocate Quarterly Newsletter

My Minnesota Woods (UMN Extension)

National Agricultural Library

National Forest Service Library (USFS)

National Research and Development Monthly Newsletter (USFS)

Natural Resources News

Open Resource Library (Michigan State University)

Research Data Archive (USDA)

Treesearch (USFS)

UN Forest Podcast

Yard & Garden News (UMN Extension)

Fire

Fire Danger & Burning Restrictions (statewide)

Firewood Information (MDA)

Forest Health

Community Forestry (MNDNR)

Forest Health (MNDNR)

Habitat Assessment Tool (Maine Audubon)

IUCN Red List Threat Assessments for Priority Tree Species

Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Toolkit

Other

Cone and seed collection (MNDNR)

Natural Resources (UMN Extension)

trees.umn.edu

Tree.fm: Tune Into Forests From Around The World (Ecosquad)

UFOR YouTube Channel (UMN)

Yard and Garden (UMN)

Yard and Garden YouTube Channel (UMN Extension)

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)

B4Warmed (UMN)

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (NOAA)

Biomes of Minnesota (UMN Extension)

Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEQ)

Climate & Health Action Guide (Vibrant Cities Lab)

Climate Change & Minnesota (MNDNR)

Climate Change Field Guide for Northern Minnesota Forests (UMN)

Climate Change Pressure in the 21st Century (USFS)

Climate Change Primer (USFS)

Climate Change Projections for Tree Species in the Northwoods (MN, WI, MI)

Climate Change Resource Center (USFS)

Climate Change Response Framework

Climate Change Tree Atlas (USFS)

Climate Change Vulnerability of Urban Trees: Twin Cities (NIACS)

Climate Modeling: An Introductory Primer for Practitioners (UMN)

Climate Projection Data for Minnesota (UMN)

Developing Community-Based Climate Communicators (MCAP)

Drought in Minnesota (MNDNR)

Economic Benefits of Natural Climate Solutions in Minnesota (Nature Conservancy)

Environmental Resilience Institute (Indiana University)

Fields to Streams: Managing Water in Rural Landscapes

Forest Carbon & Climate Program: Images & Graphics (MSU)

Forest Carbon and Climate Program: Webinars (MSU)

Fourth National Climate Assessment - Chapter 21: Midwest

Minnesota Climate Change Subcabinet

Minnesota Climate Trends (interactive map)

Minnesota State Climatology Office (MNDNR)

Nature and Climate Solutions for Minnesota (Nature Conservancy)

Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS)

Our Minnesota Climate (MN.gov)

Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI)

Trees. Water. Soil. Natural Climate Solutions for Our Economy & Environment (The Nature Conservancy)

University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP)

United States Climate Alliance

U.S. Drought Monitor

Field guide to common macrofungi and their ecosystem services (USFS)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Lawns to Legumes

Managing woodlands for wildlife (UMN Extension)

Minnesota National Forest Breeding Bird Program

NatureServe

Planting and Maintaining a Prairie Garden

Bee and Pollinator Plant Lists & Posters (Heather Holm)

Bug of the Week (University of Maryland Extension)

Growing Plants to Help Bees and Other Pollinators (UMN Extension)

What Insect is This? (UMN Extension)?

Minneapolis Ecological System Plan Mapping Tool (MPRB)

Minnesota's endangered, threatened, and special concern species (MNDNR)

Native Plant Community Classification (MNDNR)

Season Watch (UMN)

Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEQ)

Environmental Justice (MPCA map)

Growing Shade Tool

Heat and Health Tracker (CDC)

Papers

Potentially Problematic Common Names in North American Public Gardens. Plant Nomenclature & Taxonomy Community of the American Public Gardens Association 2021, and Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries 2021. December 2021.

Women on the Land: A Landowner's Guide to Stewarding her Woodlands

Papers

Ecological Importance of Native Americans Culture to the Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus). Andrew R. VanAtta. April 2009.