The effects of chilling on bud burst in seven North American deciduous woody species.

This dataset was collected to explore the impact of chilling duration on budburst and leafout of seven woody species dominant to forests in Eastern North America. Using branch clipping collected in the December 2015, we conducted a growth chamber experiment with four different chilling temperatures and three different durations of chilling. Following chilling, all samples received the same forcing and photoperiod conditions. The data consists of the day of budburst and leaflet for each individual, categorized using a version of the BBCH scale modified for these focal species.