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Interactive USDA Gardening and Plant Hardiness Zone Map for South Dakota

Based on the 1990 USDA Hardiness Zone Map, this interactive version covers the state of South Dakota which ranges from USDA Zone 3b to USDA Zone 5a.

USDA Zone 3b

-35°F to -30°F

USDA Zone 4a

-30°F to -25°F

USDA Zone 4b

-25°F to -20°F

USDA Zone 5a

-20°F to -15°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

Iowa Zone Map
Minnesota Zone Map
Montana Zone Map
North Dakota Zone Map
Nebraska Zone Map
Wyoming Zone Map

Other Interactive Gardening Maps and Data for South Dakota

Interactive Map of South Dakota Heat Zones
Interactive Map of South Dakota Ecoregions
Interactive Maps of Native South Dakota Trees and Plants
Interactive South Dakota Plantmaps Hardiness Zone Map

Zoom to Major Cities in South Dakota

Zoom to Rapid City USDA Zone 5aRapid City - USDA Zone 5a
Zoom to Sioux Falls USDA Zone 4bSioux Falls - USDA Zone 4b

Interactive Maps of South Dakota Native Plants Distribution Areas

Acer negundo - boxelder Map
Acer nigrum - black maple Map
Acer saccharinum - silver maple Map
Amelanchier alnifolia - western serviceberry Map
Betula occidentalis - water birch Map
Betula papyrifera - paper birch Map
Celtis occidentalis - hackberry Map
Cornus drummondii - roughleaf dogwood Map
Cornus stolonifera - red osier dogwood Map
Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel Map
Crataegus chrysocarpa - fireberry hawthorn Map
Crataegus succulenta - fleshy hawthorn Map
Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo Map
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash Map
Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust Map
Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree Map
Juglans nigra - black walnut Map
Juniperus communis - common juniper Map
Juniperus horizontalis - creeping juniper Map
Juniperus scopulorum - Rocky Mountain juniper Map
Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar Map
Malus ioensis - prairie crab apple Map
Ostrya virginiana - eastern hophornbeam Map
Picea glauca - white spruce Map
Pinus contorta - lodgepole pine Map
Pinus flexilis - limber pine Map
Pinus ponderosa - ponderosa pine Map
Populus angustifolia - narrowleaf cottonwood Map
Populus balsamifera - balsam poplar Map
Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood Map
Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen Map
Prunus americana - American plum Map
Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum Map
Prunus pensylvanica - pin cherry Map
Prunus virginiana - common chokecherry Map
Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak Map
Rhus glabra - smooth sumac Map
Salix amygdaloides - peachleaf willow Map
Salix bebbiana - Bebb willow Map
Salix discolor - pussy willow Map
Salix exigua - coyote willow Map
Salix lasiandra - Pacific willow Map
Salix petiolaris - meadow willow Map
Salix scouleriana - Scouler willow Map
Sambucus canadensis - American elder Map
Sambucus melanocarpa - blackbead elder Map
Shepherdia argentea - silver buffaloberry Map
Sorbus scopulina - Greene mountain ash Map
Tilia americana - American basswood Map
Ulmus americana - American elm Map
Ulmus rubra - slippery elm Map
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