The native ranges of some of the species in the genus Trillium appear to be lacking but before I go flag a bunch of them for curation, let me ask here first. As an example, take the type species for the genus: Trillium cernuum: Native to United States I can’t say that’s false but it is misleading.…

Can you use screenshots and URLs to share what you’re seeing and where?

@trscavo - just a minor note, that adding range information into the database is a very important feature on the site. Personally I wish that I could really focus on that as biogeography, not taxonomy is my main interest, but other curating seems to get in the way. Just note that adding it will lik…

@trscavo - I will also note that you dont actually need to flag a species for curation in order to get the native / introduced / endemic information filled in. It is something all users on the site can do. It is actually done by filling the data in on the relevant geographic checklist. So for examp…

Just a very minor caveat - while I’m sure that many of these geographically umprobable IDs are probably indeed incorrect, many species have been planted in gardens well outside of their native ranges,and it is often difficult to tell if they are cultivated. I ran across this recently with sensitive …

It would be useful if we had a distinguishing map pin = garden plant. Casual = a judgement value, but not informative. I would like to see on the world distribution map - these are wild, and those are planted.

[image] bouteloua: Can you use screenshots and URLs to share what you’re seeing and where? Sure, the iNat page I’m referring to is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/169984-Trillium-cernuum This page claims that T. cernuum is “Native to United States.” I think it should say “Native to N…

[image] KitKestrel: Just a very minor caveat - while I’m sure that many of these geographically umprobable IDs are probably indeed incorrect, many species have been planted in gardens well outside of their native ranges,and it is often difficult to tell if they are cultivated. Yes, good point…

One note, the page will actually show different status geographies to different users depending on their account settings. It appears to use both the prioritize names that you set and the search place. For instance I have both of these set to Canada, and for Canada Darner which is set as native to …

[image] trscavo: outside a species native range is assumed to have “arrived in the region via anthropogenic means.” Thanks, Or its native range was not properly understood.

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cmcheatle August 24, 2019, 2:30pm 3

Possibly merge into https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-should-represent-a-range-for-a-species-in-inaturalist/399 ?

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