Welcome back to spring and another year of the Illinois Botanists Big Year!
For those new to the project, the Illinois Botanists Big Year is an annual program of the Illinois Native Plant Society. This is a friendly competition, and more of a personal challenge, to observe as many species of plants as you can in Illinois in a single year. You can learn more about the Illinois Native Plant Society at https://illinoisplants.org/ and find past year's summaries here: https://illinoisplants.org/illinois-botanists-big-year
So far in 2020 we've had...
New to observing plants in Illinois on iNaturalist in the past month are @zoe152 @jacobhawkins @daltonk @knatmac @miller4252 @danielraczyk @kvv @mhaughan @nanohappiness @noahcf @trlong @bradbonnett @catievaccaro @emmariealexander @monserratponce @alanady @ksgrossart @ronandoo @srizzo @bobbygonzalez @bwolo @embracingnature @ghapp456 @glitterzilla @jainabemis @jenk87 @jnino77887 @kbelletire @ktlagory @sammyd_ @marniegalloway @seajay1511 @swethamathai @theresabru @treelover2020 @wintert, among many others - almost a hundred new users in all! If you want to stay apprised of Illinois Botanists Big Year updates, you can join the project here. Give them a big welcome and go help them with IDs :)
Most species so far:
@joelmc was awesome and put together some maps and graphs for the ILBBY. These visualizations were created in R using data downloaded from iNaturalist. You can find his code at this GitHub repo: https://github.com/joelmcf/ilbby2020
Thanks Joel!! He also created some calendar heatmaps for individual species of spring wildflowers, you can read more and view them at his iNat journal: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/joelmc/32001-observation-patterns-for-spring-wildflowers
Also big thanks to everyone who's been helping with the Illinois Flower Phenology Annotation Blitz!
Some true winter botanizing with this grey-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) observed by @sedge in Vermilion County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38273046
This crazy double-flowered spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) observed by @outdoorsie in Saline County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40736977
Very weenie wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis) observed by @elfaulkner in Cook County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40142983
Lovely budding and flowering Enemion biternatum observed by @myzmur in Livingston County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41273614
And a bright, cheery bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) observed by @maddiejosmith in Champaign County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41089609
Try sorting by "new iNaturalist users" or "random" to mix it up!
Even sorting "unknown" observations into broad bins, like "flowering plants" or "insects" is a super useful activity.
You'll often find species on here that are the result of computer vision errors, and observations that should be marked captive/cultivated. Fixing these will massively help to sort the wheat from the chaff! Many thanks to all who help with quality control. :)
happy botanizing!
—@bouteloua (cassi saari)
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