Margery C. Carlson Nature Preserve (19 April 2019)

Hi,
Just curious if you had an estimate on the distance traveled. Also, did you have a target list that you are checking presence absence against?

@farinosa no, I'd have to estimate it based on my trail of observations. I didn't have a species list, I just documented what I saw in the field. It was still pretty early in the year though.

@observer26 nothing in particular! Was just a leisurely stroll after a project site for work nearby. :) Leisurely except for the brief tangle with a honeysuckle and multiflora rose thicket. Most of the site is really beautiful though. Definitely worth a visit.

Ohh, I see what you mean now @farinosa.

I checked "Flowering plants" when I created this... Maybe a bug?

OK that should be fixed - keep in mind that while you have Angiosperms on your target list not all you obs are ID'd to species (e.g. Genus Agrimonia) Keep in mind that this means that iNat is interpreting this trip (along with the absence of any obs of Agrimonia gryposepala) as an absence for Agrimonia gryposepala
https://www.inaturalist.org/trips/tabulate?filters%5Btaxon_id%5D=75307
which may not be what you intended if that Agrimonia obs could be Agrimonia gryposepala
My suggestion is to only put stuff on the target list if you really can give a yes or no answer to every species in the group - does that make sense?

Its definitely a challenge thinking what clades you can be confident about - I was able to come up with a few families I was ok with here: https://www.inaturalist.org/trips/23594-ring-mountain-afternoon-survey