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Become an Observer

Welcome to our 2009 plant monitoring program, appropriate for citizen scientists willing to learn a little bit about plants, and for field researchers. For the full range of plant phenology observation programs offered by the USA-NPN, please see the Plant Phenology Program page.

Follow these four simple steps to begin observing:

Search plants
Learn about the plants to monitor.
Learn which plant species in your area are included in the monitoring program, get information about them, and find out what phenophases to monitor.
Learn how to monitor

Get the details on monitoring.
Find out what you should consider when selecting a site or plants, how to mark your plants, and about recording your phenophase observations.
Register

Sign up to be an observer.
Become an official participant and set your username and password. All you need is an email address and Internet access.
Start reporting

Log in to MyNPN.
Now you are ready to register your site and the plants you will observe, and start reporting! As you collect data during the season, log in to your account at “MyNPN” and enter the observation data you recorded.

For other ways to participate, please go to Participate.

USA-NPN will be creating maps and other visualizations of the data that you and other project participants record. Look for these features in mid-2009.

 

Thank you for participating in the USA-NPN!

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