I’ve been reading a lot of topics that have been coming up lately, and I am sure it is not even close to a new cry: We need more identifiers! But how to find them/motivate them! Often also being paired with I would like to learn to identify more, but I am too worried I am not going to be helpful! …

@hcoste , I promise I’ll get back to you with dragonfly info soon, but I’m heading out in the field shortly, so it won’t be till tonight that I can come up with something coherent.

I’d love to learn the difference between eastern cottontail and a swamp rabbit. I started shying away from what I had previously thought was an easy ID until I got a chance to do more research! @lynnharper Absolutely no rush!

Okay coming around to this now- I added to it! And thank you for getting that started, this is great. Currently because we have a couple of guides that are linked in this thread, I made a tab specifically for guides. I’d love it if more people either linked the guides here and we could start the pr…

I think Ludwigia are really pretty and ecologically interesting so mark me down as interested in learning to ID as well. It’s been a while since I learned botany formally, but I’m able to navigate/dust off rusty technical knowledge as needed.

Nice! I looked at the Ludwigia observations you’ve posted and made comments. Feel free to tag me any time you observe a Ludwigia and I’ll try to explain what I see. Hey, the mentor system works!

OK supertiger, we’re connected! Just tag me anytime you post a Ludwigia and I’ll tell you what I see. Looking forward to your observations!

Thanks so much! I’m sure I got out over my skis on a couple of them, so I’m really glad to get feedback!

[image] lynnharper: Back when I learned jack-in-the-pulpits, there were three possible species in my area. Then they got lumped into one. Recently (within the past five years?), they were split into three again. Uh-oh! I also learned jack-in-the-pulpits as a single species, so I didn’t consul…

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