Sue Janssen

Unido: 25.jun.2018 Última actividad: 27.mar.2024 iNaturalist

Retired rocket scientist who is being retrained in botany. Resident of Colorado. Volunteer at Denver Botanic Gardens Katherine Kalmbach Herbarium. I enjoy fieldwork and the challenge of plant ID. So I am not an expert - I'm just lucky to have access to experts.

My primary source for plant ID is "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield. I am now (Dec 2022) using her Second Edition which has many taxonomy updates. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers is an amazing resource (https://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/index.htm). My "go-to" key for alpine plants is "Alpine Flower Finder" by Janet Wingate & Loraine Yeatts (but be aware this is OLD taxonomy). I frequently consult SEINET (https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/) and USDA Plants (https://plants.usda.gov/home) for location information. Taxonomy is very difficult for me - so many synonyms! I refer to POWO (https://powo.science.kew.org/) and GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/) for accepted names.

My husband and I have been scuba diving for 35 years in the Caribbean and Pacific. Underwater photography has made us better divers. I am starting to post some of my photos and could use help with IDs.

My favorite iNat camera is the Olympus Tough (TG-5 or 6). It has an amazing microscope mode. I also use this camera for underwater photography (in a housing with strobe).

It is my wish that all of the content I have contributed to iNaturalist (photos, comments, etc.) remain on the site in the event of my death.

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