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Click on a species in the list below to see its profile, including phenophases to observe. In this list, a
indicates the species is a
USA-NPN plant calibration species. Where possible,
please consider observing one of these species in addition to any other species you may choose to observe.
A 
indicates the species is a
Cloned Plants Project species.
'ohi'a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) alfalfa (Medicago sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana) American beech (Fagus grandifolia) American eel (Anguilla rostrata) American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) American mountain ash (Sorbus americana) American plum (Prunus americana) American robin (Turdus migratorius) American shad (Alosa sapidissima) American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) Ashe's juniper (Juniperus ashei) Asian mustard (Brassica tournefortii) avocado (Persea americana) bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) balsam fir (Abies balsamea) balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) bicolored sallow moth (Sunira bicolorago) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) bigleaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata) bitter root (Lewisia rediviva) black cherry (Prunus serotina) black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) black spruce (Picea mariana) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) blue paloverde (Parkinsonia florida) bluebead (Clintonia borealis) bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) bluejacket (Tradescantia ohiensis) bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) bog Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum) boxelder (Acer negundo) brant (Branta bernicla) buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) bumblebee (Bombus spp.) bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus) cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Cascades frog (Lithobates cascadae) cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) citrus (Citrus spp.) cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) coastal plain willow (Salix caroliniana) coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Colorado blue columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) common cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common green darner (Anax junius) common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) common loon (Gavia immer) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) common reed (Phragmites australis) common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) corcho bobo (Pisonia albida) Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) creeping barberry (Mahonia repens) creole cotton (Gossypium barbadense) creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) cuman ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) darkthroat shooting star (Dodecatheon pulchellum) desert ironwood (Olneya tesota) devil's-tongue (Opuntia humifusa) diamondleaf willow (Salix planifolia) dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) eastern pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens) eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) eightpetal mountain-avens (Dryas octopetala) Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) feathery false lily of the valley (Maianthemum racemosum) field mustard (Brassica rapa) fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) Florida hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) forsythia (Forsythia spp.) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) grand fir (Abies grandis) gray alder (Alnus incana) Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) green alder (Alnus viridis) green antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green frog (Lithobates clamitans) green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) greyleaf willow (Salix glauca) guineagrass (Urochloa maxima) gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba) Hawai'i holly (Ilex anomala) highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) holywood (Guaiacum sanctum) honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) koa (Acacia koa) kolea lau nui (Myrsine lessertiana) kudzu (Pueraria montana) lanceleaf springbeauty (Claytonia lanceolata) laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia) laurel sumac (Malosma laurina) leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) Lewis' mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii) limber pine (Pinus flexilis) lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) live oak (Quercus virginiana) loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) mamani (Sophora chrysophylla) mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) mountain woodsorrel (Oxalis montana) mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) naio (Myoporum sandwicense) needle and thread (Hesperostipa comata) northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) olapalapa (Cheirodendron trigynum) olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) oneseed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) osprey (Pandion haliaetus) oysterwood (Gymnanthes lucida) Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) Pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla) Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) painted trillium (Trillium undulatum) painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) paper birch (Betula papyrifera) paradise apple (Malus pumila) peach (Prunus persica) pignut hickory (Carya glabra) Pinchot's juniper (Juniperus pinchotii) pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) pinkladies (Oenothera speciosa) Plains spadefoot (Spea bombifrons) ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivanti) pride of Ohio (Dodecatheon meadia) puckhout (Coccoloba microstachya) punctured tiger beetle (Cicindela punctulata) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) racer (Coluber constrictor) red alder (Alnus rubra) red brome (Bromus rubens) red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) red maple (Acer rubrum) Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) red spruce (Picea rubens) red trillium (Trillium erectum) redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea) Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum) rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) Royen's tree cactus (Pilosocereus royenii) rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa) sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) saguaro (Carnegia gigantea) salal (Gaultheria shallon) sand live oak (Quercus geminata) Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) seaside dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) sericia lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) silverleaf phacelia (Phacelia hastata) singleleaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) six-spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) slash pine (Pinus elliottii) small-leaf arrowwood (Viburnum obovatum) snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) snowbrush ceanothus (Ceanothus velutinus) soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) soybean (Glycine max) spider milkweed (Asclepias asperula) spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) spring azure (Celastrina ladon complex) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum) striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) sugar maple (Acer saccharum) sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) sweet almond (Prunus dulcis) sweet birch (Betula lenta) sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) tall blazing star (Liatris aspera) tamarack (Larix laricina) tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium-tigrinum) Townsend's chipmunk (Tamias townsendii) trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa) tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) twinflower (Linnaea borealis) twoneedle pinyon (Pinus edulis) upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis) velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) Virginia springbeauty (Claytonia virginica) Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) western columbine (Aquilegia formosa) western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) wheat (Triticum spp.) white ash (Fraxinus americana) white cedar (Tabebuia heterophylla) white clover (Trifolium repens) white crownbeard (Verbesina virginica) white fawnlily (Erythronium albidum) white fir (Abies concolor) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) white leadtree (Leucaena leucocephala) white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba) white oak (Quercus alba) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) wild banyantree (Ficus citrifolia) wine grape (Vitis vinifera) wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) woodchuck (Marmota monax) Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) woodland pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica) Woods' rose (Rosa woodsii) wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) yellow paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla) yellow perch (Perca flavescens) yellow star-thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
Click on a species in the list below to see its profile, including phenophases to observe. In this list, a
indicates the species is a
USA-NPN plant calibration species. Where possible,
please consider observing one of these species in addition to any other species you may choose to observe.
A indicates the species is a
Cloned Plants Project species. alfalfa (Medicago sativa) annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) cuman ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) forsythia (Forsythia spp.) paradise apple (Malus pumila) ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red maple (Acer rubrum) Red Rothomagensis lilac (Syringa chinensis) spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) twoneedle pinyon (Pinus edulis) Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii)Would you like to monitor a species not currently on the list?
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