Current Status of Tree Project - November 2023
Current status Nov 2023
16,513 observations of trees by 719 observers
(anyone can add this project to any observation, so please if you see a tree observation languishing without an ID, please add it here. This is advertized for southern Africa to keep the list manageable at just over 1000 species (but really the project is open to anywhere in Africa - although s Afr overwhelmingly dominates it - 96% of observations).
So far: 1,157 species have been identified by 532 identifiers (409 identifiers have ID'd to species level)
Data summary (year, observations, (species-ID), RG%)
Overall: 16,513 (9,593) 44%
- pre2018: 996 (822) 41%
- 2018: 164 (126) 99 60%
- 2019: 515 (420) 60%
- 2020: 774 (577) 68%
- 2021: 3,551 (2,596) 65%
- 2022: 7,223 (2,845) 30%
- 2023: 3,305 (2,225) 43%
If you want to help with tree Identifications
- Add this tree (ID) project to any tree observations that need an ID. (identifying them as monocots or dicots does not really help with trees).
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Help make identifications here. Note that you can add the family or genus in the filters below to narrow down the odds, but most observations languish at the family unknown stage: most of the family level have been moved to genus or species ID level.
• click to assist with Need ID to Family level or finer5,076 observations Nov 2023
• click to assist with Assigned to Family or Genus, but need ID to species level1,688 observations Nov 2023
• click to assist with Species level identifications that need checking and verification2,005 observations Nov 2023 - remind yourself on how the ID tool works (a 2 min tutorial): https://vimeo.com/246153496
- remember to mark as reviewed all the observations that you cannot ID, so that they dont bother you again (you can access them again later by clicking on the "reviewed"button).
Thanks very much or your help!
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An especial thanks to our top identifiers so far (IDs to Family or lower, more than 100 IDs):
1 @troos 1,068
2 @andrew_hankey 659
3 @peakaytea 632
4 @sedgesrock 591
5 @kyle_campbell1 541
6 @tjakie 399
7 @tonyrebelo 389
8 @robertarcher397 349
9 @reubenheydenrych 335
10 @jeremygilmore 333
11 @wynand_uys 290
12 @lotteryd 275
13 @athol_ferguson 254
14 @suvarna 247
15 @snake_smeuse 247
16 @simon_attwood 215
17 @botswanabugs 188
18 @jaheymans 185
19 @alanhorstmann 183
20 @elmarvrooyen 182
21 @wielies 174
22 @sandraf 169
23 @richardgill 161
24 @geoffnichols 158
25 @galpinmd 129
26 @pieterwinter 115
27 @daverichardson 110
28 @daisylady 109
29 @yssie 108
?? Interested in trees:
Here are our identified Trees:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/trees-of-southern-africa-list
.* at 232,709 observations, this means that our ID project amounts to about 7% of our tree observations for the region (and 4% are not identified yet).
If you prefer checklist view, then try this:
https://www.inaturalist.org/check_lists/3196131-Trees-of-southern-Africa
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