ILBBY 2022 April thru June
Cypripedium reginae (showy lady's slipper) by @big_al_xo in Lake County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124931488
The Illinois Botanists Big Year is an annual friendly competition of the Illinois Native Plant Society to see how many species you can find in a single year in Illinois. The main goals of the project are to spark discovery in people of any age and experience, encouraging them to stop to look at plants they might have otherwise have passed by, as well as to create connections and build camaraderie among plant enthusiasts, share knowledge, and contribute to a growing database of the flora of Illinois. The year 2022 is its seventh year. So far, 95 people have joined the project.
Illinois Plants on iNat, thru Q2 2022 Stats
3,816 observers
38,304 Research Grade observations of plants (32% by people who had joined this project)
1,651 species
1,575 identifiers (of all IL plant obs in 2022)
Most species
As of July 10th. These stats only include people who have joined the project:
- @sedge - 650
- @grantfessler - 523
- @rynxs - 469
- @danielpohl - 462
- @sanguinaria33 - 386
- @prairie_fairy - 359
- @mrostrowski - 334
- @rarecatsnake - 278
- @dennis_nyberg - 274
How are we doing on identifications?
| Stats | April 9th, 2022 | July 10th, 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Unknowns (no ID at all) | 2022: 113 All-time: 237 |
2022: 5,568 All-time: 5,792 Help identify observations with no identification at all |
| % Needs ID (of verifiable) | 2022: 37% (3,168) All-time: 36% (220,420) |
2022: 53% (44,282) All-time: 41% (258,474) Help identify Needs ID observations |
| Needs ID obs by ILBBY 2022 participants | 1,200 | 9,314 Help identify observations by people in the ILBBY 2022 |
| Identifiers | 477 people. Of those, 32 people have made 50 or more IDs, 18 made 100 or more IDs, 5 made 300 or more IDs, and no one has yet made made 1,000 or more IDs. | 1,575 people. Of those, 148 people had made 50 or more IDs, 92 made 100 or more IDs, 35 made 300 or more IDs, and 7 have made 1,000 or more IDs! |
Make a custom hitlist
The links below show which species haven't yet been observed and verified to Research Grade on iNat in Illinois in 2022.
You can even edit the search parameters on these pages to make your own custom hitlist for 2022. Add &user_id=bouteloua (use your username) to the end of the code in "In 2022" box. Learn more about editing search URLs at this page: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/search+urls If you're having trouble, comment below and I'd be happy to help out.
These links also highlight new documentations for the state on iNat such as this Dendrolycopodium hickeyi by @sedge (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119170979), Dennstaedtia punctilobula by @rarecatsnake (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115829479), Cypripedium reginae by @big_al_xo (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124931488), and Neottia bifolia by @illinoisbotanizer (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116634787).
- 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
See all the most-faved photos of Q2 here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Plantae&month=4,5,6&order_by=votes&place_id=35&year=2022
Mitella diphylla (bishop's cap) by @rarecatsnake in Jackson County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112466443
Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadowrue) by @sara_614 in Kane County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121271443
Nemophila aphylla (smallflower baby blue eyes) by @illinoisbotanizer in Massac County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111580884
Pulsatilla nuttalliana (pasqueflower) by @danielpohl in Stephenson County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118111572
Lackeya multiflora (Boykin's clusterpea) by @abelkinser in Massac County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124706353
Lilium philadelphicum (prairie lily) by @airgjearth in Cook County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123742312
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern) by @joncollins in Coles County
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121032446
Illinois Native Plant Society news
- Attend the Northeast Chapter's Annual Meeting (virtual) on August 3rd: https://bit.ly/inpsne2022
- Join an INPS hike
- and consider becoming a member or renewing your membership!
happy botanizing,
—@bouteloua (cassi saari)
