Indicator Plants

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Plant Name

Stage in Life Cycle

Degree Days
Scilla siberica full bloom  
Pussy willow full bloom  
Forsythia full bloom  
Pasque flower full bloom  
Crocus full bloom  
Daffodils full bloom  
Dandelion first flower 50
Magnolia x soulangiana pink bud 50-100
Dutchman's breeches full bloom 80
Magnolia x soulangiana full bloom 100-200
Amelanchier laevis full bloom 100-200
Common lilac first flower 275
Koreanspice viburnum full bloom 200
Redbud full bloom 200-300
Dandelion full bloom 200-300
Wild plum full bloom 200-300
Common lilac full bloom 200-300
Flowering crabapple full bloom 200-300
Dandelion gone to seed 275-500
Bleeding heart full bloom  
Blacklocust full bloom 275-500
Spiraea x vanhouttei full bloom 275-700
Horsechestnut full bloom 200-350
Strawberry full bloom  
Creeping Charlie full bloom  
Red osier dogwood full bloom  
Pagoda dogwood full bloom 300-500
Mockorange full bloom 500-800
Arrowwood viburnum full bloom 700-800
Catalpa full bloom 700-1000
Hydrangea arborescens full bloom 900-1200
Wood phlox (P. paniculata) full bloom  
Ox-eye daisy    
Peony full bloom  
Elderberry full bloom 900-1200
Chicory full bloom 900-1200
Strawberry fruit coloring  
Linden full bloom  
Yellow sweet clover full bloom  
Queen Anne's lace full bloom 900-1700
Wild bergamot full bloom 1500
Hydrangea arborescens "Grandiflora" blossoms turn from white to green 1600
Crabapple fruit ripe  
Mountain ash fruit ripe 1800-2100
Arrowwood viburnum fruit ripe 2700-2900
Witchhazel full bloom 2800-3000
Goldenrod full bloom 2900-3100

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Ornamental Pests

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Pest

Stage in Life Cycle

Degree Days
Eastern tent caterpillar 1st instar larva 100
European pine sawfly 1st instar larva 100-200

Ash plant bug

nymphs

100-200
Honeylocust plant bug   100-200
Imported willow leaf beetle   200-350
Pine needles scale 1st generation crawlers 200-350
Gypsy moth larva 200-350
Spruce galls forming 250
Ash borer 1st instar larva 275-500
Oystershell scale crawlers 275-500
Taxus mealybug   275-500
Birch leafminer 1st generation larva 275-500
Hawthorn leafminer larva active 275-500
Elm sawfly larva 365
Elm leaf beetle larva 400-500
Black vine weevil adult feeding 400-500
Bronze birch borer larva 400-500
Mountain ash sawfly   500
Euonymus scale crawlers 500-600
Viburnum crown borer larva 500-600
Eastern tent caterpillar adults 725
Cottony maple scale crawlers 850
Fall webworm   850
Wooly apple aphid   850
European pine shoot moth   900
Japanese beetle adults 900-1200
Pine needle scale 2nd generation crawlers 1600-1700
Oystershell scale 2nd generation crawlers 1600-1700
Spider mites    

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Vegetable Pests

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Pest Stage in Life Cycle Degree Days
Seed corn maggot 1st generation 200 base 39
Cabbage maggot   300, 1476, 2652 base 43
Onion maggot   680, 1950, 3230 base 40
Cutworms    
Aster leafhopper    
Cucumber beetle    
Colorado potato beetle 1st instar larva 185
European corn borer 1st generation adult 375
European corn borer 1st eggs 450
Potato leafhopper    
Green peach & potato aphids    
Imported cabbageworm butterfly 150-240
Imported cabbageworm larva 300-400
Cabbage looper    
Squash vine borer eggs 1000
Squash bug    
Onion thrips    
Corn earworm    
Spider mites    
Corn rootworm beetles   1300

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