A Tree Survey Question

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If you want to be able to see only the trees in a certain area, you could just use the main Observations search page and apply some filters, e.g.:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Plantae&list_id=1358637&nelat=35.22647270610476&nelng=-97.38027480458959&place_id=any&swlat=35.18790126112168&swlng=-97.51066879280961&verifiable=any

Which is a messy URL that includes:

  • the latitude and longitude specifying the area of interest (zoom around and redo the search in the map, or create your own place)
  • a list ID for a list of tree and shrub species (you can make your own, the one I used as an example here is not perfect)
  • specifies verifiable=any, which will include planted specimens

and you could further show only your observations by adding your username in the filters. See also this tutorial on using search filters on iNat.

Or, you could create a “traditional” project and manually add every tree observation you want included to the project. More about managing projects here: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/managing-projects

It is totally fine to include trees that were planted, just be sure to mark them as captive/cultivated before you upload them to iNat (and of course you’ll need permission to go in people’s yards and such).

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