This is all super helpful, thank you so much! It answers most of my questions, although I’m still on the fence about whether a project would be helpful. As for this:
I think maybe if you explained what you would like to use the species list for (e.g. outreach, satisfying your curiosity, etc.) we could give more tailored advice.
I want the list to be as comprehensive as possible about what species are in the park, and I want it to have the most information possible about establishment means, how common species are, and anything else that would be possible to include. I want it to be an effective educational resource for people who are interested in learning about the park - there’s not much information I can find online about what species can be found there, not even extremely basic stuff. I want to learn more about the park myself through the list, too, but that’s kind of a secondary goal/necessary side benefit of trying to build this kind of resource as a non-expert.
The things I think a project might possibly be useful for and would like input about are as follows.
First of all, I can’t effectively add establishment and common-ness information about every single species in the park, because I don’t know that information. I can probably find establishment info for most of them online since it would be the same species that are native or introduced in the general area, but I can’t find how common they are in the park - like I said, there’s very little info about the park’s biodiversity online. There are a small number of extremely common species I can flag as common, but that’s all. I would like it if other people could help add information about establishment status and especially how common species are so it can be included, and I wonder if having a project would help encourage people to do so.
Second of all, I want people to be able to learn about the park through the place page. I wonder if making a project would help more people find it or garner more interest.
Finally, I’d like people to be motivated to add new observations in the park so we can find out more about what species are present there and add them to the list. There’s definitely gaps in the current list. I wonder if having a project would help encourage people to do that.