The California Phenology (CAP) Network is a collaboration of 22 California herbaria that is working to digitize nearly 1 million specimens by 2022. These data are made publicly available on a newly developed data portal, cch2.org. The CAP Network is also recording the phenological status (e.g., flowering, fruiting) of digitized specimens, generating a massive dataset with which we can answer questions such as: 1) which species are in most danger of phenological mismatches, 2) which habitats and vegetation types are most phenologically sensitive to changes in precipitation and temperature, and 3) where might mismatches occur between plants and their pollinators, pathogens, and pests?
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Answers to these questions and many more are now being investigated using data from cch2.org. We invite researchers, educators, and members of the public to access, utilize, create, and improve these data using our data portal, Notes from Nature, and the many research and educational resources being developed across the CAP Network.