Is there a best practice to add plant varieties? I am adding observations of heirloom fruit trees varieties. I think it is an important “biodiversity information” to be recorded and I am wondering which is the best place to store it within an observation. Normally they are common local names such as…

There are a few “observation fields” already related to variety. You can access that feature in the lower right area of the observation page. Just type in “var” at first and it should pop up some choices. Pick one you like and then in future entries the popup will prioritize your choice for later en…

There’s also “cultivar” (exclusive to named plant breeds) if “variety” isn’t giving you good results.

I have a somewhat related question. I am trying to record pollinator visits to plant cultivars (mostly to one specific cultivar in my garden, which is covered in diverse pollinators every day) but cannot get the plant cultivar to pop up under “Interaction --> Visited flower of:” I have been enter…

my understanding is that people are reluctant to add them to the database formally. It’s hard, i am not aware of any source that tracks all of them, and there are so many. I do think it would be valuable if we could figure it out… for instance with pollinators - some of these do not create nectar, e…

That is disappointing. I know some researchers are actively looking at cultivars and how their pollinator value compares to “straight species” plants - and there is no one blanket answer because it seems to vary from cultivar to cultivar. This effort has really only been going on for a few years -…

[image] anne302: It’s a shame if iNaturalist doesn’t care to play a part in that. I don’t think it’s about caring… that is a little unneccesarily emotive… it’s more about the size of the can of worms it opens up. Saying iNat doesn’t care would be like saying researchers don’t care because the…

Where to store plant variety information?

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bouteloua August 6, 2019, 3:17pm 6

No, iNat excludes cultivars.

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Where to store plant variety information?

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