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Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.
The hardiness zone map is not a guarantee your plant will survive. It's important to understand that the USDA hardiness zone is an indication of which plants are most likely to thrive in a location.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills
Hopkins' bioclimatic law states that in North America east of the Rockies, a 130-m (400-foot) increase in elevation, a 4° change in latitude North (444.48 km), or a 10° change in longitude East (two-thirds of a time zone) will cause a biological event to occur four days later in the spring or four days earlier in the fall. [1]
In the United States, most of the warmer zones (zones 9, 10, and 11) are located in the deep southern half of the country and on the southern coastal margins. Higher zones can be found in Hawaii (up to 12) and Puerto Rico (up to 13). The southern middle portion of the mainland and central coastal areas are in the middle zones (zones 8, 7, and 6).
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Not all species are hardy in the upper zones; C. sativus is winter hardy in USDA zones 6 through 8, and C. pulchellus is hardy in zones 5 through 8. [ 92 ] Some are suitable for naturalizing in grass, but mowing off the foliage before it turns yellow produces short lived plants.
For the most part, no, said Kacie Athey, a specialty crops entomologist with the University of Illinois Extension. "Most plants in anyone's yard are probably not in danger from periodical cicadas ...