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Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter with Dan McKenney and John Pedlar

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In the past, you would consult a plant hardiness zone map if you wanted to know whether a fruit tree or any other plant could survive in your climate. But our climate is quickly changing. Are plant hardiness zone maps still helpful? In this episode, we chat about plant hardiness zones with Dan McKenney, PhD and John Pedlar from the Canadian Forest Service. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time. Learn to grow organic fruit trees successfully. Sign up for OrchardPeople.com's premium online courses at https://learn.orchardpeople.com/.
In the past, you would consult a plant hardiness zone map if you wanted to know whether a fruit tree or any other plant could survive in your climate.  But our climate is quickly changing. Are plant hardiness zone maps still helpful?

In this episode, we chat about plant hardiness zones with two research scientists from the Canadian Forest Service. They are Dan McKenney, PhD and John Pedlar. You can learn more about their work and download plant hardiness maps here.

To watch a video excerpt of this podcast visit:
https://youtu.be/IqLozgJAE5M

This month's recommended resource:
Arbor Day Foundations's new book Now is the Time For Trees: Make an Impact by Planting the Word's Most Valuable Resource (affiliate link)

You can find more information about plant hardiness zones below:

Canadian Plant Hardiness Zone Maps and More:
planthardiness.gc.ca

Change and Evolution in the Plant Hardiness Zones of Canada:
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/64/4/341/247944

The generation of USDA-equivalent extreme minimum temperature models and a comparison with Canada’s plant hardiness zones:
 
Beyond Traditional Hardiness Zones: Using Climate Envelopes to Map Plant Range Limits:
 
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