I have seen the very helpful discussion of recording the same species of birds or insects day after day, but what I cannot find is a discussion of recording the exact same plant or tree. I do not mean the same species. I mean the exact same plant or tree. (Pick one, point at it, THAT one, that’s wha…

Something similar in the US is https://www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook

yeah it was on the sidewalk in front of the tree, so then I got distracted observing it, then got more distracted trying to find a stick to move it into the treeline with so people could use the sidewalk, and by the time I was done it was starting to thunder so I had to go back inside lol, all witho…

To echo what’s been said, I think daily is probably the closest interval that won’t lead to suspicions of being a duplicate. That’s probably a lot for most people but you should do what you want, as long as it’s not against any rule. And I think the daily interval would keep you within the “rules” (…

Thank you to everyone for your considered replies. I am in Yucatán and wow, things grow fast here. Also some of the plants change very quickly here. For example we have trees that flower after rain and the blooms close very quickly. Likewise I have passiflora vines that are only open two hours a da…

This is from iNat help page, Observations #2 Help · iNaturalist “If you record an observation of a tree, then go back a day later to take another photo, please add a new observation using the new photo, because it represents the tree at a different point in time.” Point being, its within the rules…

I’m walking a trail that has changed over an eight-year period. I’ve seen different wildflowers ‘disappear’ as trees have grown and shaded sections of the trail. It’s interesting to document these changes. One example… I have documented the same vine - a Passiflora lutea, which is rare in my area -…

Have you tried using the “similar observation set,” under observation fields? I just heard about it on this forum Uploading the same plant across seasons? - General - iNaturalist Community Forum Heres a neat example Observations · iNaturalist

I think it could be really interesting to follow the same plant/ tree throughout a year. Apart from “similar observation set” you could give your plant a number or name or something other identifiable and put that as tag on all its photos. At the end you could use your data to find out about the fir…

I actually sometimes would like a way to observe the absence of a species - for example in one preserve there’s a section of trail where several plants of an orchid species came up every year for at least 8 years, but this year there is none. It could be interesting to “observe” that somehow - but I…

How often to observe the EXACT same plant / tree?

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How often to observe the EXACT same plant / tree?

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