In Defense of Failing to Add an ID When Submitting an Observation

[lynnharper]

I think a lot of plant observations end up at Dicot (or Monocot or Fern or Moss or whatever) because they can’t be identified any further, even by competent, experienced identifiers. Sometimes I look at Dicots in my region and once in a long while, I can refine the ID further, but not often. And yet I know my limits as a plant identifier (I have lots!), so I don’t mark such observations As Good As Can Be. After a few years, these observations pile up higher and higher, so people get the impression that no one ever looks at them.