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First pollen on a whilte pine.

Download contemporary phenology data from the USA-NPN's Nature's Notebook program. FGDC metadata are available in web page or XML formats for the suite of six data sets below.

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Download 2009 Plant Data Set  - Definitions Excluded - 17.5 MB
Download 2009 Plant Data Set  - Definitions Included - 45.8 MB
March 2, 2009 - December 31, 2009

Download 2010 Plant Data Set - Definitions Excluded -  22.3 MB
Download 2010 Plant Data Set - Definitions Included -  58.9 MB
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Download 2010 Animal Data Set - Definitions Excluded - 2.3 MB
Download 2010 Animal Data Set - Definitions Included - 4.3 MB
March 23, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Download 2011 Plant Data Set - Definitions Excluded-  ~ 30 MB
Download 2011 Plant Data Set - Definitions Included -  ~75 MB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Download 2011 Animal Data Set - Definitions Excluded - ~7 MB
Download 2011 Animal Data Set - Definitions Included - ~ 14 MB
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011