Meet the Species

New York Phenology Project has selected a list of focal species that are being tracked across our partner sites. This approach is creating a robust dataset about these species across the New York region. Our partner sites range along a gradient from urban to rural, and north to south, allowing researchers to investigate the impact of both climate and urbanization on native plants and pollinators.

These focal species are common in New York State, and many are also being tracked by phenologists across the country. Each partner site has a distinct species list that overlaps as much as possible with the NYPP list, but may also have other species as well. 

NYPP has created species profiles for each species that can be used by partner sites or particpating organizations for education purposes. You can click on the link below to open or download a profile. They are a work in progress and not yet complete. We are asking our volunteers to submit photos so that we can create a complete set of profiles with open access photos of each phenophase. Let us know if you have photos to submit!