Projects from Metro Phoenix

Alley Survey of Metro Phoenix icon

Alley Survey of Metro Phoenix

A large percentage of the Metro Phoenix land area is alleyway. Many native and invasive species take hold a...
Broom Bloom icon

Broom Bloom

Join the November EcoQuest: Broom Bloom. Find and map as many desert broom (Baccharis sarothroides) as pos...
City Nature Challenge 2021: Greater Phoenix Area icon

City Nature Challenge 2021: Greater Phoenix Area

Join us for the 2021 City Nature Challenge in the Greater Phoenix Area! Help us document the awesome biodiv...
City Nature Challenge 2022: Greater Phoenix Area icon

City Nature Challenge 2022: Greater Phoenix Area

Join us for the 2022 City Nature Challenge in the Greater Phoenix Area! Help us document the awesome biodiv...
City Nature Challenge 2023: Greater Phoenix Area icon

City Nature Challenge 2023: Greater Phoenix Area

Join us for the 2023 City Nature Challenge in the Greater Phoenix Area! Help us document the awesome biodiv...
Educating Children Outdoors Biodiversity Challenge icon

Educating Children Outdoors Biodiversity Challenge

To collect and share the variety of wild plants and animals found at the places we hold our outdoor classes...
Gander at Grasses icon

Gander at Grasses

Join the October EcoQuest: Gander at Grasses For this EcoQuest, find and map fountain grass (Cenchrus setac...
Hello Jojoba icon

Hello Jojoba

Join the January EcoQuest: Hello Jojoba For this EcoQuest, find and map as many jojoba (Simmondsia chinensi...
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Imprudent Pruning

Join the April EcoQuest: Imprudent Pruning. Find and map as many examples of improper pruning as possible....
Look Out For Lovebirds icon

Look Out For Lovebirds

Join the August EcoQuest: Look Out for Lovebirds Find and map as many rosy-faced lovebirds (Agapornis rosei...
Lookin' Sharp icon

Lookin' Sharp

Join the April EcoQuest: Lookin’ Sharp. Find and map as many cactus (Family Cactaceae) as possible. Which ...
MCLD Staff Day BioBlitz icon

MCLD Staff Day BioBlitz

Join us in collecting as many images as possible of all life forms at the Steele Indian School Park on MCLD...
Metro Phoenix EcoFlora icon

Metro Phoenix EcoFlora

In collaboration with the Desert Botanical Garden and the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance (CAZCA), th...
Metro Phoenix Saguaro Census icon

Metro Phoenix Saguaro Census

Do you love saguaros? Help us learn more about them! In the summer of 2020, the metro Phoenix area began...
Monarchs, Milkweeds and Mystery icon

Monarchs, Milkweeds and Mystery

Join the February EcoQuest: Monarchs, Milkweeds and Mystery. Find and map as many monarch butterflies (Dana...
Monsoon Soon icon

Monsoon Soon

Join us for the August EcoQuest: Monsoon Soon! Help find and map species that are associated with monsoon s...
Native, Introduced or Invasive? icon

Native, Introduced or Invasive?

Join us for the September EcoQuest: Native, Introduced or Invasive? Find and map plant species and discover...
Observation Challenge: Metro Phoenix icon

Observation Challenge: Metro Phoenix

Join us for the first EcoQuest of the Metro Phoenix EcoFlora! During the month of April, how many observati...
Ocotillober icon

Ocotillober

Join us for the October EcoQuest: Ocotillober. (pronounced oh-koh-TEE-yoh-bur) Find and map as many ocotil...
Oleander Occurence icon

Oleander Occurence

Join the July EcoQuest: Oleander Occurrence Find and map as many oleander (Nerium oleander) plants as possi...
Palms on Parade icon

Palms on Parade

Join the August EcoQuest: Palms on Parade. Find and map as many palm trees as possible. Join the EcoQuest...
Peek at Pistache icon

Peek at Pistache

Join the November EcoQuest: Peek at Pistache For this EcoQuest, find and map as many pistache (Pistacia spp...
Phoenix area Geckos icon

Phoenix area Geckos

Determine if western banded geckos and Mediterranean house geckos occur within the same small areas anywher...
Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project icon

Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

Have you ever wondered what kind of wildlife lives in your own backyard? Now is your chance to find out! Th...
Pollinator Week BioBlitz! icon

Pollinator Week BioBlitz!

Join Desert Botanical Garden and Metro Phoenix EcoFlora as we celebrate National Pollinator Week from June ...
Praiseworthy Plants icon

Praiseworthy Plants

Join the December EcoQuest: Praiseworthy Plants For this EcoQuest, find and map the plants that are close t...
QuickQuest: Catch Cape Marigold icon

QuickQuest: Catch Cape Marigold

Join us for a QuickQuest: Catch Cape Marigold, from March 17-31. Find and map as many Cape marigolds (Dimo...
QuickQuest: Christmas Cholla icon

QuickQuest: Christmas Cholla

Join us for this Metro Phoenix EcoFlora Quick-Quest from December 18-28. There are currently less than 5...
QuickQuest: Desert Mistletoe icon

QuickQuest: Desert Mistletoe

Join us for this Metro Phoenix EcoFlora Quick-Quest from December 4-14. There are currently less than 5 ob...
Save Our Saguaros - A Gold Award Project icon

Save Our Saguaros - A Gold Award Project

As part of my Girl Scout Gold Award Project I'm collecting data of saguaro locations in metro Phoenix
Search for Stinknet icon

Search for Stinknet

Join us for May's EcoQuest: Search for Stinknet! Help us find and map as much stinknet (Oncosiphon pilulife...
Seize the Cheese icon

Seize the Cheese

Join the January EcoQuest: Seize the Cheese. Find and map as many cheeseweed plants (Malva parviflora) as ...
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Sonoran Survivors

Join us for the July EcoQuest: Sonoran Survivors This month's EcoQuest is dedicated to learning more about...
Spot Spurge icon

Spot Spurge

EcoQuest Project Blurb: Join the December EcoQuest: Spot Spurge. Find and map as many sandmat spurge plants...
The Night Shift icon

The Night Shift

Join the June EcoQuest: The Night Shift Find and map nocturnal pollinators and the plants they visit. Banne...
Tracking Tamarisk Beetles icon

Tracking Tamarisk Beetles

Join the September EcoQuest: Tracking Tamarisk Beetles. WHAT TO OBSERVE: Find and map as many tamarisk ...
Unfamiliar Pollinators icon

Unfamiliar Pollinators

Join the June EcoQuest: Unfamiliar Pollinators. Find and map as many lesser-known insect pollinators as po...
Up In Flames icon

Up In Flames

Join the May EcoQuest: Up In Flames. Find and map as many wildfire fueling invasive plants as possible. Wi...
V. H. Lassen Elementary Bioblitz icon

V. H. Lassen Elementary Bioblitz

Teaching checklist for Culinary Roots
Volunteer Urban Saguaro Census icon

Volunteer Urban Saguaro Census

***BEFORE ADDING OBSERVATIONS TO THIS PROJECT, PLEASE REVIEW THIS TRAINING GUIDE*** Public project can b...
What's That Weed? icon

What's That Weed?

Join the September EcoQuest: What’s That Weed? Find and map these common “weeds” and the caterpillars, moth...
Wild for Willow icon

Wild for Willow

Join us for the June EcoQuest: Wild for Willow! Help us find and map Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis). T...
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Wildflower Wonders

Join the March EcoQuest: Wildflower Wonders. Find and map as many wildflowers as possible. Wildflower sea...
Wildflower Wonders: Round 2 icon

Wildflower Wonders: Round 2

Join the March EcoQuest: Wildflower Wonders: Round 2. Find and map as many wildflowers as possible. Wi...
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Window on Wildlife

My wild life at home.
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Added by jenydavis on February 6, 2020 11:24 PM