Can you ID Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii)? Know your Fraxinus spp?
As of Wednesday night, there have been a whopping 10,900 identifications for City Nature Challenge 2019: Chicago Wilderness Regions! Thanks to all of you extraordinary identifiers out there @evan8 @eriko @mcaple @prairiehobbit who have each made over 400 species IDs since Friday.
THREATENED: There are currently 61 T/E observations that are awaiting identification. Can you ID any of these imperiled species?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2019-chicago-wilderness-region&quality_grade=needs_id&threatened&verifiable=any
Plants make up 61% of our observations. The categories below are non-plant categories that can bump up our species count if we can get confirmations.
FUNGI: There are 234 fungi observations awaiting identification. If 'shrooms are your jam, can you help us out of one?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Fungi&place_id=any&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2019-chicago-wilderness-region&quality_grade=needs_id&verifiable=any
INSECTS: Chicago Wilderness needs your insect expertise, there are 156 that have been hanging out in the "Needs ID" category. Know anyone that can help with these beautiful moths?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Arachnida&place_id=any&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2019-chicago-wilderness-region&quality_grade=needs_id&verifiable=any
ARACHNIDS: There are some beautiful images of Weaver and Wolf spiders that haven't been confirmed yet.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Arachnida&place_id=any&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2019-chicago-wilderness-region&quality_grade=needs_id&verifiable=any
REPTILES: Do you know snakes and turtles? See if you can ID any of these.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2019-chicago-wilderness-region&quality_grade=needs_id&verifiable=any&iconic_taxa=Reptilia
There are four more days to upload and identify observations to be counted as part of City Nature Challenge (ends May 5th at 11:5p pm CT.) Thanks, everyone. Nature appreciates it!
