Question for all you more advanced botanists/naturalists: What’s the process of submitting new county records for plant species? I’m working on massive restoration project in an area of north Texas that has been poorly documented and heavily farmed. I’m no expert plant taxonomist/botanist but have …

Well, for one, what reference are you using to decide if the species is new to the county? Some floras are outdated or don’t use all the online biodiversity collection data such as idigbio that works to make all herbaria collection databases available online. This means that many times, when we thin…

@austinrkelly Thanks for the response - some follow-up questions: What other resources besides iDigBio can I check? According to that site I have at least two county records and a state record which I find hard to believe. When submitting to a herbarium, what information should be included? Presse…

It often can be difficult to determine if a particular plant is known for a county or not. While online resources such as BONAP, iDigBio and SEINET can be helpful, they are not always completely accurate and not all herbarium records are accessible online. For north Texas, I would consider contactin…

Submitting to an herbarium should be the easiest and among the most public-facing parts of a university science department, but it’s, unfortunately, mired in obscurity and (often) the air of elitism. I reached out to my local university herbarium and they eventually gave me some PDFs with instructio…

Submitting Plant Records for a County

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Welcome to the Forum, @austinrkelly :)

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Submitting Plant Records for a County

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