Why getting Palaearctic species suggestions for Nearctic observations?

[jasonhernandez74]

@conorflynn

because there are so many more observations of the common species, over time the CV will learn to prefer it over the rare ones

This can be compounded when a species is frequently misidentified. The native Plantago rugelii and the invasive Plantago major look so similar that most published floras have conflated them as P. major. Early this week, I observed what I believe is P. rugelii. The CV suggestions for “expected nearby” did not include Plantago rugelii but put Plantago major at the top. When I selected “Include species not seen nearby,” Plantago rugelii appeared above Plantago major, suggesting that it is a better match morphologically but was discriminated against because of a lack of nearby identifications. Maybe I need to go through “Plantago major” observations in my area and see how many of them are really P. rugelii.