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Hi and welcome to iNat! This guide will walk you through some of the main features of the site.

Organisms

Organisms are different kinds of living things. You're already familiar with the names of many organisms like humans, bald eagles, birds, snakes, mammals, and plants.

The Tree of Life describes how all organisms are related. Organisms can all be thought of as positions on the tree. Some are really groupings, like Ladybeetles, and refer to entire branches. Others, like Seven Spotted Ladybeetle, refer to individual leaves on the Tree. This means that an observation can correctly be identified as one of several organisms. For example, a beetle might be identified as a Ladybeetle or a Seven Spotted Ladybeetle. Both could be correct with Ladybeetle as a coarser identification than Seven Spotted Ladybeetle.

We've bookmarked ten positions on the Tree of Life with icons and colors so you can find them easily. These are good places to start exploring finer branches and leaves.

Sometimes, its useful to think of the Tree of Life as a family tree. Just like your parents are the common ancestor of you and your brother, the taxonomic genus Typical Ladybeetles is the common ancestor of the Seven Spotted Ladybeetle and the California Ladybeetle. And like the common ancestors of you and your second cousin are your great grandparents, the common ancestor of Seven Spotted Ladybeetle and Spotted Cucumber beetle is the taxonomic order Beetles.

We use the terms parents and children to refer to the most immediate ancestors and descendants respectively. And we refer to positions in the direction of ancestors as coarser positions.

Identifying Observations

If you start identifying a lot of observations, you may find that clicking through individual observations is slowing you down. To speed up the process, we've made an Identify tool specifically designed to help you identify as efficiently as possible. There's a video tutorial that describes the tool too.

You can filter observations by taxon, place, or other filters in the filter menu.

Click on an image to show more detail for each observation. This will open the identify modal.

Use the buttons to add an ID, comment, or agree with the current observation taxon.

To add a new ID, click "Add ID", enter a taxon, and click Save.

Learn the keyboard shortcuts to increase your efficiency. For example, pressing the i key will begin to add a new ID, or pressing the a key will agree with the existing ID.

Additional tabs on the identify modal show suggestions, annotations, or data quality information.

Is it a record of a fox, or a bald eagle, or a snail? On iNaturalist, you can weigh in by adding identifications to observations.

Each identification helps confirm or improve the community's opinion on the organism that the observation represents. We call this link between an observation and its organism the Observation Taxon. If the Observation Taxon is precise enough and has community support, an observation can become a Research quality record of that organism at a location and time.

To understand how this works, let's walk through a real example observation to see how the Observation Taxon was progressively shaped by several individual identifications. The cartoon to the right is a simplified version of the Tree of Life for this example. When adrianee4 posted the observation, she added a coarse identification of the class 'Insects'.

Here are the parts of adrianee4's observation when it was posted:

The Observation Taxon corresponds to the class Insects. The 'Needs ID' flag indicates that the Observation Taxon can be confirmed or improved.

The name of the observer

The date of the encounter

The photo acts as evidence of what the observer saw

The location of the encounter on a map

This observation just has one identification made by the observer, adrianee4

Because this observation has just one identification, it has no 'Community ID'

Next, bbunny adds an identification of the family Ladybird Beetles. This identification is in agreement with adrianee4's original identification but is more precise. The Observation Taxon rolls forward to reflect bbunny's leading ID, but the Community ID sits at class 'Insects' which is the point of consensus among adrianee4 & bbunny's identifications.

Identifications are listed chronologically with bbunny's identification listed after adrianee4's initial identification.

Both adrianee4 & bbunny are in agreement that this observation is of an Insect. This point of consensus is called the Community ID.

adrianee4's more recent identification of the species Three-banded Ladybird is listed here. Note that her earlier identification is no longer current and is crossed out.

The Community Identification is now at the new point of consensus: the family Ladybird Beetles

Meanwhile, the Observation Taxon rolls forward to adrianee4's leading ID.

Next, silversea_starsong adds an identification of the species Seven-spotted Ladybird.

bbunny's coarser identification of the family Ladybird Beetles is consistent with either Seven-spotted Ladybird or Three-banded Ladybird. This point of consensus becomes the new Community ID and the Observation Taxon.

An identification of Seven-spotted Ladybird is added

The Community Identification shifts to the family rank to reflect the point of consensus.

As does the Observation Taxon.

Next, two more people: bug_eric and edanko add identifications of the species Seven-spotted Ladybird.

More than 2/3 (3 out of 4) of the IDs on Seven-spotted Ladybird and Three-banded Ladybird are on the former. The weight of these 3 IDs pulls the Observation Taxon and the Community ID down to Seven-spotted Ladybird.

There are now 3 IDs of Seven-spotted Ladybird.

The weight (>2/3) of these IDs pulls the Community ID to Seven-spotted Ladybird.

As well as the Observation Taxon. Because the Community ID is at rank species, this observation is now Research Grade.

On iNaturalist, your identifications will either confirm the Observation Taxon of an observation or improve it. Let's walk through confirming the identification of a Hippopotamus observation.

We're choosing the Hippo for this tutorial because they are unmistakable. Most likely none of these observations really need any identifications, but follow along and add an identification regardless. Start by heading to the Observations page by clicking 'Explore' in the main menu.

Start typing 'Hippo' into the species field and select 'Hippopotamus amphibius'

Make sure you are on Grid view in the Observations tab

Find an observation that you recognize as a Hippo and click on it

Assuming you agree that this is an observation of a Hippo, let's add an identification.

Click on the 'Suggest an Identification' tab at the bottom of the page

Start typing 'Hippo' into the species field and select 'Hippopotamus amphibius'

Click 'Done' to save your Identification.

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2. Opting out of community identifications

3. Disagreements

If you add an ID of a taxon that is an ancestor of the Observation Taxon, it is unclear whether you're disagreeing with that finer identification or whether you are just doing your best adding a coarser ID. To figure out what your intention was, iNaturalist asks you to clarify whether or not you are explicitly disagreeing with the ID of the Observation Taxon in a pop-up. A disagreement with a finer taxon may be because you think it is certainly not that taxon, or because you disagree the evidence provided in the observation is sufficient to support an ID of that taxon.

If the Observation Taxon is at species rank, and you provide a disagreeing ID at family rank, note that in the current system this is considered an implied "branch disagreement", and iNaturalist interprets this as a disagreement with the genus in addition to the species. If you are explicitly disagreeing, be sure to provide an ID at the finest rank of which you are confident.

Places

In order to create a new place, you must post at least 50 verifiable observations via your account. Once you have reached 50 verifiable observations, start by clicking on Places under More in the header.

Then click Add a new place

Click Manually create a new place

Enter the name of your place

If the place falls completely within some other existing iNaturalist place, like a state or county, add that place as the parent

Upload the boundary as a KML file. KML polygons can be created with the free Google Earth or QGIS apps. We do not support KMZ files, so please double-check the file extension.

Select the place type, use type open space for parks

Save your place

Exploring Observations

With iNaturalist, you can explore millions of wildlife observations shared by naturalists from around the world. This tutorial will show you how.

Start by visiting iNaturalist.org and click Explore from the top menu.

At a glance

When you first visit the Observations page here are the first things to notice

Observations page structure

At the top of the page are filters that we will use to narrow down this set of observations in the Adding filter s section below. But first, let's explain how the rest of the Observations page is structured. The page summarizes observations matching your filters as four separate counts

Each of these counts activates a tab which provides more information about what's driving them. Let's start with the Observations tab which is active by default.

Observations tab

The Observations tab displays every observation matching your filters on a map

As you zoom and pan around the map, you will see dense concentrations of observations in places like North America and New Zealand. If you zoom in far enough, the gray markers will be replaced with markers with different colors and shapes reflecting the taxonomic category, quality and geoprivacy of the observation described in the .

You'll also notice the and buttons which can be used to add location filters. We'll describe how these work in the Adding filters section below.

Species tab

Activating the Species tab summarizes the observations matching your filters as the distinct set of species that they represent. The most frequently observed species are displayed first. You can click through to learn more about these species.

Identifiers and Observers tabs

The Identifiers tab summarizes the observations matching your filters by the people who helped identify them. These identifier are ranked by the number of identifications they've added.

Similarly, the Observers tab summarizes observations by the people who observed them. Observers are ranked both by the number of observations and the number of species they represent.

You can click on people to learn more about them and message or follow them. Connecting with top identifiers and observers is a great way to learn more about observations that interest you.

Adding filters

The two main ways to filter observations are by Species and by Location.

Adding a species filter

The counts will update to reflect this restricted set of observations. Can you see that worldwide, over 11,000 species of Butterflies and Moths have been observed and that Painted Lady is the most frequently observed species?

Adding a location filter

You can also generate a bounding box manually from the position of the map by clicking the button mentioned earlier. Try clicking the button to position the map on your current location and then click to see if there are any observations of Butterflies and Moths near you.

This is because that location matched an iNaturalist place, in this case the State of California.

You can also use the button mentioned earlier to view and select nearby places. These places are separated into a Standard set maintained by iNaturalist and a Community Curated set added by the iNaturalist community.

Other filters and Exporting observations

In the Other filters menu, there are many more filters to choose from. For example, you can search by date or filter only research grade or threatened species observations.

Posting Observations

An observation records an encounter with an individual organism at a particular time and location. This includes encounters with signs of organisms like tracks, nests, or things that just died. When you make an observation, you'll record:

Your observations don't need to include all of these parts, but they do in order to become research quality observations for science. Remember, you should make separate observations for each separate organism you encounter. If you observed something that is not wild, like a garden plant or a lion in the zoo, make sure to mark it as captive/cultivated to prevent it from becoming research quality.

Add one or more photos as evidence.

Choose what you saw.

When you saw it should be added automatically.

Where you saw it should be added automatically. If it doesn't, check Privacy in the Settings app.

Save your observation.

Add one or more photos as evidence.

Choose what you saw.

When you saw it should be added automatically.

Where you saw it should be added automatically. If this doesn't happen, check app permissions in the Settings app.

Save your observation.

Check back for activity on your observation from the community or be notified by email to the address in your account settings.

Start by clicking the green Upload button from the header when you are logged in.

From the upload page, begin by dragging in one or more photos. Each photo will create an 'observation card' that you can edit before submitting. You can also use the 'Add' button in the upper left to create observation cards without photos or the 'More Import options' menu to upload a CSV or import from external sites.

Choose what you saw from the suggestions or by searching for a name. If you can't find what you're looking for, leave it blank or use some placeholder text. If you entered a scientific name that's not recognized, click 'Search external name providers' to first import the organism from elsewhere. Use the sidebar to let us know if the organism you observed was captive or cultivated.

Use the calendar to enter when you observed the organism

Type in an address and select from the places offered in order to calculate coordinates and an accuracy circle describing where you were. You'll probably also need to zoom into the map and manually adjust the marker position and accuracy circle size.

Submit your observation.

Check back for updates on your observations by the community or be notified by email to the address in your account settings.

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Bespectacled scientists of yore would carry around hefty field guides, made up of hundreds of pages of text and photos. But these days, smartphone owners have a lighter option: an app called Project Noah, which aims to help people identify plants and animals as well as collect data from "citizen scientists" about where certain species are located.

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Project Noah | Networked Organisms And Habitats

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Project Noah is a tool that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

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You don't need to login with an account, just "enter your guest password", which you received in an email after the workshop.

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Flipgrid is where social and emotional learning happens! The leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families.

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Information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.

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Flora of North America

Welcome

Flora of North America (FNA) presents for the first time, in one published reference source, information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.

The Flora will appear in 30 volumes and will be available in print and on the Web.

We are delighted to announce that Volume 17 content is available.

This is the Beta version of the FNA Semantic MediaWiki.

Please donate to the Flora of North America Association via PayPal to help support the project.

The Project

Outreach Resources

Getting started with MediaWiki

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

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Flora of North America Welcome Flora of North America (FNA) presents for the first time, in one published reference source, information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.

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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

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An online portal to the wealth of existing and emerging information about the flora of Pacific Northwest North America.

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Herbarium specimens from the Pacific Northwest

3,080,507 specimen records and 1,462,909 images from 44 herbaria.

The Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria was created in 2007 to bring together regional herbaria and provide an online portal to the wealth of existing and emerging information about the flora of Pacific Northwest North America. Over 3.6 million specimen records and numerous online electronic resources are managed by the region's 60 herbaria, representing an irreplacable storehouse of information for research and public education. More...

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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

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Herbarium specimens from the Pacific Northwest 3,080,507 specimen records and 1,462,909 images from 44 herbaria. The Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria was created in 2007 to bring together regional herbaria and provide an online portal to the wealth of existing and emerging information about the flora of Pacific Northwest North America.

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Join us as we share fun crafts, activities, and fascinating Fraser facts!

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Tuesday, October 27th: Halloween Sturgeon Colouring Sheet!

Halloween is just around the corner, and we'd like to kickstart the spooky goodness on FRDC@HOME with a festive colouring activity!

Our resident Sturgeon George has found himself a new habitat for the season, complete with underwater Jack-O-Lanterns! Can you give his new home a splash of colour?

Share your completed colouring sheets with us on social media by tagging us @thefrdc. We'd love to feature your creations!

Simply click on the colouring sheet below and a larger printable version will open for you.

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FRDC@HOME | Fraser River Discovery Centre

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Halloween is just around the corner, and we'd like to kickstart the spooky goodness on FRDC@HOME with a festive colouring activity! Our resident Sturgeon George has found himself a new habitat for the season, complete with underwater Jack-O-Lanterns! Can you give his new home a splash of colour?

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Learn how to create a Sit Spot and develop your observational skills as you make repeated observations at a single spot.

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Create a sound map of your Sit Spot!

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Use sketching to make observations!

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FRDC@HOME Sit Spots #2: Observational Sketching

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Write nature poetry inspired by your Sit Spot!

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Here's a few tips for using Flipgrid! Remember, you don't need to make an account. Just login with the guest password you received in your post-workshop email.