Is it possible to count how many plants are IDed directly from Unknown to Family or lower? Versus how many limp to Family via Plantae, Trachaeophyta, Angiospermae, monocot or dicot? The major part of iNat obs is plants. When IDing if I can’t get to family I leave them at Unknown. I presume (from m…

Power on. I regularly search for just “flowering plants” when IDing.

I need two more people to convince me … then I will go back to my Reviewed for the rest of Africa, and move gazillion obs on.

Trusted identifier of plants - you get a double vote! After the City Nature Challenge I will swamp the planty people.

Just to add… I am just beginning to id other people’s photos. I look at State of Life/ Unknown because I’m new, but I can sort things into big bins. I try to work from things posted longer ago. It’s very rewarding to see updates that within days something’s been ided that languished in State of Life…

[image] DianaStuder: Is it possible to count how many plants are IDed directly from Unknown to Family or lower? Versus how many limp to Family via Plantae, Trachaeophyta, Angiospermae, monocot or dicot? It is not possible. Blue and I have this problem every identathon–we’d really love to be …

[image] DianaStuder: How many identifiers filter for those very broad plant categories? I do! I frequently start my ID sessions with picking out the plants I know from the Unknowns, then switch to plants at Kingdom and Phylum level, and then to everything from Class to Family. Sometimes I’ll …

Some kind help please for the Rest of Africa Plants. If I have built this URL right? - plants down to family, needing skilled identifiers, 35K obs waiting hopefully. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=10&iconic_taxa=unknown%2CPlantae&order_by=observed_on&place_id=97392&proje…

[image] DianaStuder: I leave them at Unknown. If the ID is ‘Unknown’, I always tell new users to stick in a rough ID, as Unknowns tend to get lost in the shuffle. I have seen a number of observations quickly go from that to species in a short amount of time. If that’s not what you meant, apo…

I am convinced now. 8 out of 10 obs yesterday evening were … hmm … Dicot. Was afraid of lots of notifications today, but not. Will be interesting to see my responses. I am also willing to step out of my comfort zone and push a hook line sinker response of - no it’s not that.

My philosophy on this is a combination of “Every Little Helps” with “Do What Makes You Happy”. If you have the patience to push some observations from Unknown to Monocot, please know that you’re adding information that may well reduce the work for other identifiers. And if today you don’t feel like …

I think any level of ID can be useful for two reasons: It will increase the chance of some expert or enthusiast to pick it up and have a go at identifying it further. Many recorders on INat are enthusiastic amateurs who are there to learn more about what they see and record. Any level of ID beyond…

Plant IDs from Unknown to Family

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lotteryd April 21, 2022, 12:02pm 17

I’ve done thousands of Unknown > Plantae and have seen some thousands of those improve to the whole spectrum of taxon levels including species.

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Plant IDs from Unknown to Family

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