Fall 2022 Alaska Biodiversity Bioblitz

Fall 2022 Alaska Biodiversity Bioblitz starts next week! All observations recorded between September 15-18 2022 will count toward the project, join the project here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fall-2022-alaska-biodiversity-challenge

Any of your observations made for the bioblitz that are also relevant to the Alaska Forest Health Observations project will be included in both!

Remember that it can be very helpful to include the host plant information when uploading insects or pathogens of trees and shrubs. Some fungi and insect larvae only live and grow on certain species of plants, so knowing which plant the organism is living on can help us identify it. An easy way to add host plant information to your post is to name the plant species in the notes section of your observation. If you don't know the species of plant that's ok, but adding the general group of plants can be helpful too! For example, if you know it's a spruce, but aren't sure which one, feel free to just put 'spruce'. If the tree bark is degraded and you're not sure if it's birch or aspen, but you know it's not a conifer species, you can designate the host as 'hardwood'. Notes about the tree species is very helpful for us, so we appreciate you including it! A more advanced way to add host information is to scroll down to the field on the lower right hand side of your observation labeled "Observation fields" (this field is located below "Annotations" and "Projects"). In the box, type and click on "Host Plant ID" and type in the species of plant!

Thank you for contributing your observations to iNaturalist!

Publicado el septiembre 9, 2022 08:13 TARDE por awenninger