Marking Individvual Plantsīecause plant monitoring requires that you observe the same individual plants or patches repeatedly, you will also need to mark each plant so that you can find it on each visit. If your plant grows in a large mass where it is difficult to distinguish or mark individuals, you can choose to monitor the plant as a "patch". More.įor annuals (which only survive one growing season) and biennials (which survive for two growing seasons), avoid choosing the first or the last seedling to emerge in the spring since they may not be representative of the larger population at your site. If you want to observe several individuals of the same species, try to select individuals that are not direct neighbors, but are still growing in a similar environment.
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Choose plants that appear to be healthy, undamaged, and free of pests and disease. View Plant and Animal List Select individual plantsĪt your site(s) select one or more individuals of each of your chosen plant species to observe. Make sure that you have correctly identified the plant and animal species at your site before reporting your observations for those species online. For animals, we recommend that you select several species that occur in your local area or in your state. For plants, we encourage you to select at least one plant campagin species.
For example, if your checklist has robins, wood frogs, and tent caterpillars on it, you should record whether or not you see or hear those species anywhere in your site each time you visit.Ĭhoose one or more species from our list of plant and animal species.
For example, you should observe the same red maple in your back yard all through the year.įor animals: Create a checklist of animal species and look for all of them each time you visit your site. Observing phenology is very similar for both, however, because animals move around and plants do not, there is one important difference in the way we ask you to observe the two groups:įor plants: Observe the same individual plants each time you visit your site. More.Ĭlick below for more information in PowerPoint format.Īs part of Nature’s Notebook, you are invited to observe both plants and animals. You may want to mark your site, so that you can find it again in the future. Proper permission: If you do not own the property where the site is located, you must get permission from the landowner before marking the site, the plants or reporting the site location information (such as latitude/longitude coordinates). A site can certainly be smaller than this, and larger areas can be divided into multiple sites. For example, a wetland adjacent to or surrounded by a drier grassland or forest should be documented as a separate site from the grassland or forest.Īppropriate size: A site should be no larger than 15 acres (6 hectares or 250 x 250 meters, the size of a pixel from a land surface satellite image), a square with sides the length of 2 ½ football fields. If you would like to observe two adjacent but distinct habitats, please document them as separate sites.
Uniform habitat: The conditions of your selected site(s) should be relatively uniform across the site. Representative location: As much as is practical, the selected site(s) should be representative of the environmental conditions for your area. Consider your yard or another area that your visit frequently. When you select a site, such as your yard or a nearby natural area, consider these guidelines:Ĭonvenience: You will be visiting your site(s) regularly, so it should be convenient and easily accessible. A site is the area within which you will look for your chosen animal species, and which encompasses any plants you choose to observe.
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