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Click on a plant in the list below to see its profile, including phenophases to observe. In this list, a
indicates the species is a
USA-NPN calibration species. Where possible,
please consider monitoring one of these species in addition to any other species you may choose to monitor.
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 hazelnut (Corylus americana) American mountain ash (Sorbus americana) American plum (Prunus americana) American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) Ashe's juniper (Juniperus ashei) Asian mustard (Brassica tournefortii) avocado (Persea americana) balsam fir (Abies balsamea) beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) 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) blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) blue paloverde (Parkinsonia florida) bluebead (Clintonia borealis) bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) bluejacket (Tradescantia ohiensis) boxelder (Acer negundo) buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus) California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) citrus (Citrus spp.) 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 lilac (Syringa vulgaris) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common reed (Phragmites australis) common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) corcho bobo (Pisonia albida) 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) dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) eastern pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens) eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) eightpetal mountain-avens (Dryas octopetala) Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) field mustard (Brassica rapa) Florida hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) forsythia (Forsythia spp.) grand fir (Abies grandis) gray alder (Alnus incana) Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) green antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) 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) kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) koa (Acacia koa) kolea lau nui (Myrsine lessertiana) kudzu (Pueraria montana) lanceleaf springbeauty (Claytonia lanceolata) leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) Lewis' mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii) limber pine (Pinus flexilis) 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) naio (Myoporum sandwicense) needle and thread (Hesperostipa comata) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) olapalapa (Cheirodendron trigynum) oneseed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) oysterwood (Gymnanthes lucida) Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) painted trillium (Trillium undulatum) paper birch (Betula papyrifera) paradise apple (Malus pumila) peach (Prunus persica) pignut hickory (Carya glabra) Pinchot's juniper (Juniperus pinchotii) pinkladies (Oenothera speciosa) ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivanti) pride of Ohio (Dodecatheon meadia) puckhout (Coccoloba microstachya) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red alder (Alnus rubra) red brome (Bromus rubens) red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) 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) Royen's tree cactus (Pilosocereus royenii) saguaro (Carnegia gigantea) Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) 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) snowbrush ceanothus (Ceanothus velutinus) soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) soybean (Glycine max) spider milkweed (Asclepias asperula) spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) 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) 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) Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) Virginia springbeauty (Claytonia virginica) Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) western columbine (Aquilegia formosa) western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) 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 oak (Quercus alba) white spruce (Picea glauca) white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) wild banyantree (Ficus citrifolia) wine grape (Vitis vinifera) woodland pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica) Woods' rose (Rosa woodsii) yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) yellow paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla) yellow star-thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
Click on a plant in the list below to see its profile, including phenophases to observe. In this list, a
indicates the species is a
USA-NPN calibration species. Where possible,
please consider monitoring one of these species in addition to any other species you may choose to monitor.
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 plant not currently on the list?
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