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What is my USDA Plant Hardiness Zone?

Find your 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone based on your current device location, along with a map of plant hardiness zones in your area and in the United States.

Compare the 2023 and 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Maps to see how the zones have changed over the last decade in your area.

Minimum winter temperatures are a major determinant of whether a particular plant selection can be successfully grown outside year around. There are other factors that influence plant survival, such as snow cover, summer heat, humidity, soil moisture, and spring frosts.

What are Plant Hardiness Zones?

Plant hardiness zones are a system used by gardeners, landscapers, and agriculturalists to help determine which plants are best suited for a specific location. The map of the United States is commonly broken up into 11 zones ranging from zone 1A (the most cold-hardy) to zone 11B (the least cold-hardy). The exact borders of each zone are based on the average minimum winter temperature in that region.

This plant hardiness zone map shows the range of temperatures where plants can survive the winter. The plant hardiness zone is determined by the minimum temperatures and the minimum number of days in a year where the minimum temperature is reached. The plant hardiness zone is helpful because it allows you to select plants that will survive the winter in your area. This will help ensure that your plants are able to survive the winter and are able to provide you with the fruit or vegetable that you are hoping for.

The first geographical zone map was created by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1920s to help farmers determine which plants would be best suited for the climate in their area. Since then, it has been a valuable tool for gardeners and farmers to determine which plants are best suited for their region. Plant hardiness zones are a system of mapping the climate of a region. They provide a range of temperatures and the plants that can be successfully grown in those areas.

Dynamic Plant Hardiness Map

Unlike other plant hardiness websites and maps, this site offers a fully dynamic and interactive map that allows you to zoom and pan to see the exact zone and microclimate for your location according to the USDA.

You can find the zone based on your current device location, or by searching for your city, town, ZIP code, or you can search for the zone based on the address you wish to locate.

Plant Hardiness Zone Atlas

Our plant hardiness zone atlas has a list of cities in the United States to help you find the USDA zone of any location in the country.

About East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange is a city in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 69,612, an increase of 5,342 (+8.3%) from the 2010 census count of 64,270, which in turn reflected a decline of 5,554 (−8.0%) from the 69,824 counted in the 2000 census. The city was the state's 17th most populous municipality in 2020, after having been ranked 20th in 2010 and 14th statewide in 2000. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 68,446 in 2022, ranking the city the 553rd-most-populous in the country.

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About Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most widely used system, developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a rough guide for landscaping and gardening, defines 13 zones by long-term average annual extreme minimum temperatures. It has been adapted by and to other countries in various forms. A plant may be described as "hardy to zone 10": this means that the plant can withstand a minimum temperature of 30 to 40 °F.

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