I’m not sure if this is a big enough issue that it needs to be addressed, but I figured if it came to my attention there may be other situations of a similar type. A user pointed out to me that an observation in Missouri of Didelphis virginiana (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105398196) was flagged as introduced/invasive. It appears that the observation occurs in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and the species is flagged because of it’s status in Washington? The trail crosses numerous jurisdictions from the Pacific Ocean to St. Louis, Missouri and its introduced status in one state follows it across state lines. It is a bit confusing to see an observation in Missouri flagged as introduced, but I’m not sure if there is a simple remedy.
looks like this may have already been resolved.
since it’s native in part of the L&C Natl Historic Trail, i think the proper thing is to list it as either native or else don’t provide a specific establishment means for that place (which may be what was done here). anyone can change establishment means, and usually you will be able to identify and change the establishment means records from the status tab of the taxon page (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42652-Didelphis-virginiana). but in this case, that page can display only up to 100 establishment means records, and there are more than that. so you could resort to a workaround to list them all: https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_taxon_est_means.html?taxon_id=42652.
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