Nick Koenig
Hello, native plant lovers! The Kentucky Native Plant Society is super excited to host a virtual Wildflower Week (April 10 to April 17) jam-packed with workshops, wildflowers, and iNaturalist. We are hoping to have a large group of botanists and plant enthusiasts from around the state join the KNPS Wildflower Week 2021 BotanyBlitz collection project on iNaturalist.
Here’s the webpage link!
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/knps-wildflower-week-2021-botanyblitz
A BotanyBlitz is an event where anyone who joins the iNaturalist project can use a camera to snap a picture of a plant, in a given area (this case Kentucky), and in a given timeframe (this case April 10-17). At the end of the week, we will have a map and totals by numbers, species, and by each person of all the great collections we found! Additionally, expert botanists and people with a keen identifying eye will be able to add comments to your specimens on why they agree or disagree with a certain identification, so we can learn better ways to ID plants in the future.
Below are instructions to join the iNaturalist project and how to use iNaturalist. If you have any questions or would like to be more involved, please contact wildflowerweek@knps.org
Happy Botanizing!
App Instructions:
- Download the iNaturalist App (both iPhone and Android)
- Create/Sign In to your account.
- Click “More” (three dots)
- Click “Projects”
- Search “KNPS Wildflower Week 2021 BotanyBlitz”
- Join Project!
Computer Instructions
- Click the following link to the KNPS Wildflower Week 2021 BotanyBlitz iNaturalist Collection Project:
- Create/Sign In to your iNaturalist Account:
- Join the Project!
How to Use iNaturalist in the Field:
If you would like to learn more about how to use iNaturalist, check out the following video:
Susan Wilson
Is there a way to not post location of a picture that has been uploaded to protect its location