I’m closing in on a thousand observed species and I thought I would check what that ratio is. 481 of my observed species met research grade, 491 haven’t (yet). Pretty close to 50/50. A little surprised, I guess. When I began last summer, like I suspect a lot of newbies, if I spotted something that…

640 species (woof it seems low when I put it that way,) 392 research grade - so, 61% out of curiosity, non fungi species comes in at 441/286/64% and fungi comes in at 185/95/51% - I think that fungi number is above the curve, so yay? (but I don’t fully understand why do it at species instead of ob…

I have 32,407 species-level observations at RG, and 8,930 Needs ID. Additionally, 200 are RG at genus level. And 12,331 need ID and have not yet reached species level.

I have 16,241 observations with 11,672 being research grade. This is just under 72% research grade. Granted the majority is birds which do seem to get a lot of attention. I usually don’t chase IDs, just wait until someone gets to it. But I do get really excited when something new I’ve seen or unusua…

85% RG by observations 87% by species (although there is a lot of overlap) It’s probably so high cause I don’t take many pictures of plants (I’m always afraid it’s a super common plant and I’d just be adding to the backlog).

Observations: 39% (2350 RG, 5964 total) Species: 44% (732 RG, 1668 total) Weirdly low compared to other people on here

[image] vallespir: It makes sense, as birds are often easy to identify and plants can be tricky. Plants can be easier, but there are tons of bird photos which, as you note, can be difficult to ID and which nonetheless receive ample IDs: “And a blurry photo of a bird in a sky, which has been I…

This is almost 100% certainly why the fungi I do see get quick IDs are usually ones that are also edible (OR look alikes for edibles.) There’s a strong foraging community, even in the US where people are mycophobic.

Observations 68% (3,327 RG, 4,918 total) Species 70% (1,164 RG, 1,667 total) The species percentage should actually be lower if you take into account situations were you have obs that are not yet IDed to species but you can tell that they are different from other species in that species leaf (that…

1,645 species, narrowed to needs ID is 540. 67.2% RG. many of them are things that are hard to get beyond genera. Like Waxcaps, or certain genera of spiders. So not really surprising.

What's your 'Needs ID/Research Grade' species ratio?

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leytonjfreid July 15, 2023, 9:42pm 37

If you don’t know what the plant is it’s always ok to post it. Just don’t post photos of the same species over and over and over again unless you have valid reasoning (E.g. surveying, estimating population sizes, etc)

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What's your 'Needs ID/Research Grade' species ratio?

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