Is it worthy to (vaguely) categorize “Unknowns”?

I certainly does not help against Plant Blindness that iNat has a single iconic taxon for

red or green (not brown tho) seaweed
moss (but not lichen)
and all the worts - liverwort, crystal wort
ferns
conifers
all monocot - grass and bulbs and orchids
all the dicots
trees, flowers or food crops? Bring it on.

About two thirds of iNat obs with nearly a million waiting for ‘better than nothing’. Cannot expect iNatters to tease all that green mess apart! Really?

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/against-plant-blindness-not-just-weeds-how-rebel-botanists-are-using-graffiti-to-name-forgotten-flora-the-guardian/12013

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