# Umbrella Project numbers differ from the single projects included under the umbrella project

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/umbrella-project-numbers-differ-from-the-single-projects-included-under-the-umbrella-project/78254>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/umbrella-project-numbers-differ-from-the-single-projects-included-under-the-umbrella-project/78254 "2026-04-27T19:46:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bernie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bernie/32/34444_2.png) [@Bernie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Bernie)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/umbrella-project-numbers-differ-from-the-single-projects-included-under-the-umbrella-project/78254/1 "2026-04-27T19:46:40Z")

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**Platform** : Project

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**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-bolton-vermont](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-bolton-vermont)[https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vermont-biodiversity-by-city-or-town](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vermont-biodiversity-by-city-or-town)

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**Description of problem** : The Bolton project shows 1,400 species. Why does the Umbrella project pick up 1,626 species for Bolton? This is only one such example of many discrepancies between the single accounts compared to when they are brought into the umbrella account. There are no restrictions (No exclusion filters, and no limits on included taxa). Thank You

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/umbrella-project-numbers-differ-from-the-single-projects-included-under-the-umbrella-project/78254/2 "2026-04-27T19:58:58Z")

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The larger number is the leaf count and the smaller number is the species count, see [https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000194813-how-does-inaturalist-count-taxa-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000194813-how-does-inaturalist-count-taxa-)