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Phenology is a term that refers to the dates of the first occurrence of each natural event in its annual cycle. It entails examining how living organisms react to seasonal and climate changes in their surroundings. A total of 11 species from seven families were chosen at random for the study, including two Sapotaceae species, two Fabaceae species, two Moraceae species, two Meliaceae species, one Rutaceae species, one Moringaceae species, and one Bignoniaceae species. The current study evaluated the phenology of selected tree species from New Maninagar and jashoda nagar, Ahmedabad, over a three-month period (January 2021 to March 2021). Selected tree species and their branches were tagged for observations of various phenological events at these study sites, and visited these sites at least three times in a month for observations. Observations were made during the interval between two sampling dates (usually 10 days) and presented as phenogram. In all conspecific trees, the following phenological events were observed viz. 1) Leafing 2) Flowering 3) Fruiting and 4) Leaf fall. This research found that maximum leaf initiation occurred in the months of February and March (06 species), maximum flowering occurred in the months of January and March (03 species), maximum fruiting occurred in the months of January and March (07 species), and maximum leaf fall occurred in the months of January and March (02 species). The variations in phenophases are due to changes in environmental conditions, habitat, and soil availability, as well as the nutrient content of the soil, which was adapted to the habitats in accordance with the surrounding abiotic and biotic environment of this study area.