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Signs of the Seasons: A Maine Phenology Program
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Indicator Species and Fact Sheets
Indicator Species
Click on the links below for more information about each indicator species.
| Red maple, Acer rubrum |
Sugar maple, Acer saccharum |
Common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale |
Common lilac, Syringa vulgaris |
| Forsythia, Forsythia sp. |
Wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana |
Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca |
Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus |
| American robin, Turdus migratorius |
Common loon, Gavia immer |
Ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris |
Rockweed, Ascophyllum nodosum |
| Beach rose, Rosa Rugosa |
Image Description: Red Maple
Image Description: Sugar Maple
Image Description: Dandelion flowers and fruit
Image Description: Common lilac
Image Description: Forsythia
Image Description: Wild strawberry
Image Description: Milkweed flowers
Image Description: monarch butterfly
Image Description: American Robin
Image Description: Common Loon
Image Description: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird at Cardinal Flower
Image Description: Rockweed
Image Description: Beach Rose
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News & Notes
- Maine Beaches Conference Slated July 12
- Interview with Ivan Fernandez
- Tips for Making Spring Plant Observations
- Stancioff, Bisson Present at Phenology Conference
- Spring Paints the Piedmont Green
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Signs of the Seasons: A Maine Phenology Program377 Manktown Road
Waldoboro, Maine 04572
Phone: 207.832.0343 or 1.800.244.2104 (in Maine)E-mail: extension@maine.edu