We have updated our plant list for 2009! Below you can find an alphabetical list of the 75 Project BudBurst targeted plant species. These plants were chosen because they are easy to identify and widespread, spanning the continental United States. (Please note that Project BudBurst welcomes the observation of any plant species that you have access to even if it is not listed below and you can still report these observations with us.)
Click on the plant name for full information about the plant including pictures, phenophases to observe, printable Identification and Phenophase Field Guides, as well as a live map showing the current state of that plant species across the United States.
- Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- American pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens aka Anemone patens)
- Bigleaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)
- Bitter root (Lewisia rediviva)
- California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
- Colorado blue columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)
- Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
- Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Darkthroat shootingstar (Dodecatheon pulchellum)
- Dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum)
- Field mustard (Brassica rapa)
- Henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
- Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica)
- Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- Lanceleaf springbeauty (Claytonia lanceolata)
- Large flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
- Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
- Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum)
- Pinkladies (Oenothera speciosa)
- Purple passion flower (Passiflora incarnata)
- Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)
- Silverleaf phacelia (Phacelia hastata)
- Soft green eyes (Berlandiera pumila)
- Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
- Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)
- Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
- Western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)
- White clover (Trifolium repens)
- Wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
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- Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
- Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii)
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- American linden (Tilia americana)
- Antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata)
- Apple (Malus pumila)
- Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)
- Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera (aka trichocarpa))
- Beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
- Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)
- Black elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
- Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
- Common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
- Eastern serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
- Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Forsythia (Forsythia xintermedia)
- Lewis' mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii)
- Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
- Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- Rocky mountain maple (Acer glabrum)
- Shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)
- Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Western serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
- Woods' rose (Rosa woodsii)
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- Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- Curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)
- Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
- Oregon grape (Mahonia repens)
- Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
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- Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
- Pinyon pine (Pinus edulis)
- Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
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