Almost all of my plant submissions are still lacking any confirmation IDs, which makes me wonder if iNat is mostly for bird and mammal research. Should I simply not upload them and be content with my other submissions? It happens a lot with insects, too.

Better yet 2 views of the flower. The bracts. Front facial and side profile of the flower

As someone who is botanically challenged, I’ve posted plant photos with my own ID on them which might be correct, reasonably close, or way off. Some get IDed by a botanist fairly quickly whereas others have languished for years. I’m not concerned. Eventually a botanist may see them and provide a s…

[image] jnstuart: languished for years maybe try budging those up a taxon level or two? If it is not that species the specialists might not see it … until they do one of those mammoth checking ALL the obs of my Chosen taxon

I’m a southern neighbor of yours - Yavapai County - and will try to help out, although having moved here from Maricopa Co, I’m having to learn desert plants all over again. I volunteered under the Cactus Curator at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phx, I should try to get him on iNat - he’d be amazi…

Many of my submissions end up added to Projects where real experts spend time. Also, someone I know adds Thanks when an ID is confirmed or clarified. It becomes more social and may help in the long run.

Hi, I’m new to this. I was told when putting in some items to put in a category to hopefully attract more interest and avoid “unknown” because not many are looking for “unknown”. Not sure if you do that but it may help.

Identifiers, all get notified when a comment is added. Which is good if the comment adds info to the ID discussion. Not so much if it is ‘thanks’. Pay it forward by helping to ID, or annotate, where you can. MUCH appreciated!

So how do I put in my identifier and run it? These queries or scripts or whatever are a black hole for me….

copy the URL - then write your iNat user name where mine is https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_identifier_stats.html?user_id=dianastuder Grateful thanks to the lovely people who build the URLs and the code behind them! I’m a copypasta.

LOL I am more of a beginner than that. I copy the query into a note application and change it, but where do I put it to run it?

Where are all the plant lovers?

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Where are all the plant lovers?

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