Search Plants & Animals to Observe

Choose any combination of boxes, then click on 'Find Species.' For example, to see a list of grasses in Tennessee, choose Tennessee from the "Filter by State" menu and Grass from the "Filter by plant type" menu.

Species kingdom Both Plants Animals

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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.

          American plum (Prunus americana)
          butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
          common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
          common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
          common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
          eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
          green antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis)
          prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
          prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivanti)
          stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)
          swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
          tall blazing star (Liatris aspera)
          white crownbeard (Verbesina virginica)
          white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

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