Hi, another request which might be useful.
I recently came across this thread (https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/plant-phenology-annotation-values/11804) which discussed the need for standardised definitions of plant fruiting/flowering phenology stages.
In addition to wondering whether there has been any progress in establishing a standard set of definitions, I was also wondering whether it would be possible to split the ‘Fruiting’ annotation into several categories, perhaps something along the lines of: 1) Developing fruit present, and 2) Ripe fruit present?
At the moment the period over which a plant is recorded as fruiting can be several months, which is not as helpful as if there was a category for ‘Ripe fruit present’, or ‘First ripe fruit’ as is recorded by the Woodland Trust’s Nature’s Calendar project (https://naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk/), which allows you to analyse year-on-year changes in reproductive phenology more accurately.
Many thanks,
Zeke