June 2021 ILBBY Update
Lupinus perennis (wild lupine) by @bonsaisai in Lee County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79686615
2021 Illinois Botany on iNat
As of the end of May 2021 we've got...
4,827 observers
74,248 Needs ID or Research Grade observations (34,489 or 46.5% Research Grade)
1,251 species (Research Grade)
1,215 identifiers - help identify!
Leading for number of species in the Illinois Botanists Big Year (ILBBY) is now @adriansydor at 503 species. Following up are @wildlandblogger, @abelkinser, @johnhboldt, @elfaulkner, @grantfessler, @brdnrdr, @sedge, @mmasell, and @skrentnyjeff.
Thanks a billion to @williambee @wildlandblogger @wetlandfan @wdvanhem @vvoelker @tsn @trscavo @trh_blue @tom_lazar @thomasfriedrich @tararat @taco2000 @subaya @stephsandwich @spiritconnection @someplant @sedge @rynxs @ryneboi @rnelson15 @rgraveolens @rarecatsnake @rafaelurbinacasanova @rachelperezudell @paulswitzer @partspermillion @oxalismtp @naturalist_zeb @mrostrowski @morelock37 @mmmmbugs @mmasell @mjpapay @missgreen @micahbowman @matthias55 @marltrotter @lilphoebe @lcplinske @lallen @kurt170 @ksandsman @kkucera @kennedy9094 @k2018lena @jonidenker @joedziewa @jillianneece1 @jfgaskin @j_p3 @irenejhf @igor_kuzmin @hmsii @hazelnutman @greensnake879 @grazing @grantfessler @finndalaymo @ewarden @evan8 @else @elfaulkner @dziomber @dennis_nyberg @davidschwaegler @davidenrique @danielpohl @danielatha @d_coulter @crwrcwamt @conboy @choess @chase-prairie @chartreuse @charco_pluff @chanmmm @cellodottone @caryaovata @brothernorbert @breanddave @brdnrdr @bradoberle @batgirl @aphili8 @apgarm @alex_abair @albach @adriansydor @abelkinser who all made more than 50 IDs in May on other people's Illinois plant observations.
Welcome!
New to the ILBBY project since our last update are: @ebeobservations @breanddave @pfshannon @stephsandwich
New to iNaturalist (Illinois plant observers) in the past few weeks are almost 500 people! A few newbies with quite a few observations already are: @wwahl @tnagel4 @swgpotter @stephbrink @sgperpignani @seinfeldin5a @sarabeara007 @mulyza @mcmule @hexagonaria @edstrenski @chiforager @chadfm33 @cebeidelman @catush94 @cathyph @carylrd @bozulbang @annamfroeschle
Welcome everyone! If you'd like to join the Illinois Botanists Big Year and get updates like these, hit "Join" in the top right corner here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/illinois-botanists-big-year-2021
To give new Illinois iNatters a special helping hand, here is a link to identify their observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?iconic_taxa=Plantae&order_by=random&place_id=35&user_after=4w
Species New to Illinois on iNat
Keep an eye on these links below for any documentations that are a first for Illinois on iNaturalist in 2021. You'll often find species on here that are the result of computer vision errors as well as observations that should be marked captive/cultivated. Fixing these helps sort the wheat from the chaff and keeps range maps representative of wild organisms. Many thanks to all who help with quality control. Also, by sorting "not in common", and "before 2021" from most to fewest, you can use these links as a "hitlist" for species we haven't yet found in 2021.
- Non-flowering plants
- Monocots excluding Poales
- Poales (grasses, sedges, rushes, and friends)
- Plants in Asterales (sunflowers and friends)
- Plants in Lamiales (mints and friends)
- Plants in Rosales (roses and friends)
- Plants in Fabales (peas and friends)
- Plants in Caryophyllales (pinks and friends)
- Plants in Malpighiales (nances and friends)
- Plants in Ranunculales (buttercups and friends)
- Plants in Gentiales (gentians and friends)
- Plants in Brassicales (mustards and friends)
- Plants in Apiales (carrots and friends)
- Plants in Fagales (beeches and friends)
- Plants in Boraginales (borages and friends)
- All other (eu)dicots except the groups above
Plant Pic Picks
Finally, here are our plant pic picks from April observations.
Add a "fave" to your favorite observations to help highlight beautiful photos and cool observations!
Camassia scilloides (wild hyacinth) by @ksandsman in Will County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76426124
Phlox divaricata (woodland phlox) by @judyu in Winnebago County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76245206
Primula mistassinica (Mistassini primrose) by @micahbowman in Jo Daviess County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77824572
Trillium viride (wood wakerobin) by @sedge in Union County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78920105
Geum triflorum (prairie smoke) by @skrentnyjeff in Ogle County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78733449
Trillium recurvatum (prairie trillium) oddball by @ashleywold in Lake County.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79309952
Happy botanizing!
-cassi / @bouteloua