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Interactive USDA Gardening and Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Nebraska

Based on the 1990 USDA Hardiness Zone Map, this interactive version covers the state of Nebraska which ranges from USDA Zone 4a to USDA Zone 5b.

USDA Zone 4a

-30°F to -25°F

USDA Zone 4b

-25°F to -20°F

USDA Zone 5a

-20°F to -15°F

USDA Zone 5b

-15°F to -10°F

What are Hardiness Zones, Gardening Zones, Growing Zones and Plant Zones?

Hardiness Zones, Gardening Zones, Growing Zones and Plant Zones refer to defined geographic regions that can support specific plants, flowers and trees. The zones define a minimum range of temperatures that a plant or tree can survive safely in that zone. The most commonly used Hardiness Zones were defined by the USDA. The USDA provides a hard copy map that displays these zone throughout the US. The last update to this map covers minimum temperatures from 1961 to 1990. An updated map is currently in production, but has not been released yet. Plant Maps provides the only interactive version of the USDA hardiness zone map available on the internet.

Zone Maps for Adjacent States

Colorado Zone Map
Iowa Zone Map
Kansas Zone Map
Missouri Zone Map
South Dakota Zone Map
Wyoming Zone Map

Zoom to Major Cities in Nebraska

Zoom to Lincoln USDA Zone 5bLincoln - USDA Zone 5b
Zoom to North Platte USDA Zone 5aNorth Platte - USDA Zone 5a
Zoom to Omaha USDA Zone 5aOmaha - USDA Zone 5a

Interactive Maps of Nebraska Native Plants Distribution Areas

Acer negundo - boxelder Map
Acer saccharinum - silver maple Map
Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye Map
Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry Map
Asimina triloba - pawpaw Map
Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory Map
Carya ovata - shagbark hickory Map
Celtis occidentalis - hackberry Map
Cephalanthus occidentalis - common buttonbush Map
Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud Map
Cornus drummondii - roughleaf dogwood Map
Cornus stolonifera - red osier dogwood Map
Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo Map
Fraxinus americana - white ash Map
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash Map
Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust Map
Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree Map
Juglans nigra - black walnut Map
Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar Map
Malus ioensis - prairie crab apple Map
Morus rubra - red mulberry Map
Ostrya virginiana - eastern hophornbeam Map
Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore Map
Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood Map
Prunus americana - American plum Map
Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum Map
Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum Map
Prunus serotina - black cherry Map
Prunus virginiana - common chokecherry Map
Quercus alba - white oak Map
Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak Map
Quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak Map
Quercus rubra - northern red oak Map
Quercus velutina - black oak Map
Rhus copallina - shining sumac Map
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac Map
Salix amygdaloides - peachleaf willow Map
Salix caroliniana - Coastal Plain willow Map
Salix exigua - coyote willow Map
Salix nigra - black willow Map
Sambucus canadensis - American elder Map
Shepherdia argentea - silver buffaloberry Map
Staphylea trifolia - American bladdernut Map
Tilia americana - American basswood Map
Ulmus americana - American elm Map
Ulmus rubra - slippery elm Map
Zanthoxylum americanum - common prickly ash Map