I gave a presentation on using iNaturalist to a chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas last night. One person in the audience asked if they should post observations from a particular restoration site. This site is a former golf course that is now a Water retention area, green area. If you’r…

Hi Scott, definitely a common question! Restoration projects are one of the many gray areas that fall inbetween “wild” and “not wild” (or captive/cultivated or not captive/cultivated) under iNaturalist’s classification. Technically in iNaturalist’s system, the original planted/seeded plants would b…

Observations from areas under restoration

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Topic		Replies	Views
Plants in a restoration planting General	3	436	June 14, 2022
Captive / cultivated General question	4	504	May 22, 2022
Are native plantings considered cultivated? General	21	1764	December 1, 2021
Policy on restored ecosystems General	22	535	September 24, 2025
Cultivated when on restored site? General question	12	974	July 24, 2023

Observations from areas under restoration

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