Nebraska

Nebraska Urban Forestry Coordinator

Eric Berg
Community Forestry Coordinator
Nebraska Forest Service
102 K Keim Hall - East Campus UNL
Lincoln, NE, 68583
402-472-6511

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or 888-448-7337.

Nebraska is in zones: 4–6 (more)

Hardiness Zone Map

Tree City USA Communities: 106

City Years Population
Omaha 35 427872
Lincoln 36 262341
Bellevue 2 51841
Grand Island 27 48000
Kearney 27 31174
Hastings 23 25000
Fremont 35 25000
North Platte 30 24733
Norfolk 3 24210
Columbus 26 22331
Offutt AFB 26 21300
Papillion 24 18894
Lavista 22 17041
Scottsbluff 25 14733
Beatrice 26 12496
South Sioux City 21 12100
Lexington 16 10230
Nebraska City 36 8459
Gering 24 8389
York 23 8010
Alliance 21 8000
McCook 28 7698
Blair 30 7512
Seward 31 6964
Crete 22 6960
Sidney 27 6757
Schuyler 25 6211
Ralston 27 5934
Chadron 23 5851
Wayne 22 5663
Holdrege 20 5493
Ogallala 29 5107
Gretna 26 4810
Falls City 21 4325
Wahoo 5 4217
Cozad 20 3997
Fairbury 26 3942
O'Neill 28 3705
Gothenburg 25 3578
Auburn 37 3460
Waverly 13 3328
Broken Bow 36 3300
Central City 17 2998
Minden 23 2923
David City 28 2522
Ashland 13 2453
Kimball 22 2256
Ord 16 2112
Milford 3 2090
Valley 19 2087
Imperial 28 2071
Tekamah 26 1823
Pierce 21 1774
Mitchell 10 1702
Hickman 21 1650
Neligh 26 1599
Hartington 22 1554
Sutton 24 1502
Bennington 24 1458
Wakefield 23 1451
Plainview 22 1246
Atkinson 13 1245
Sutherland 17 1240
Creighton 22 1230
Bayard 20 1209
Battle Creek 23 1207
Yutan 9 1191
Stromsburg 32 1171
Wisner 18 1170
Grant 17 1165
Cambridge 17 1041
Friend 30 1027
Arapahoe 25 1026
Red Cloud 18 1011
Pender 19 1002
Rushville 18 999
Laurel 10 964
Morrill 14 954
Shelton 4 954
Benkelman 18 953
Humboldt 28 941
Curtis 25 938
Chappell 22 929
Scribner 7 857
Doniphan 19 829
Crofton 20 726
Bassett 14 677
Wausa 17 634
Dodge 10 612
Paxton 18 583
Boys Town 27 581
Trenton 28 560
Nelson 18 488
Brady 20 428
Allen 20 411
Palisade 19 386
Wallace 13 360
Pilger 13 352
Potter 20 337
Cook 27 333
Odell 19 307
Waco 20 236
Stella 20 220
Farnam 5 204
Nemaha 10 178
Julian 6 71
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