{"id":7152,"date":"2022-02-18T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?page_id=7152"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:41:44","slug":"using-inaturalist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wildlife\/inaturalist-project\/using-inaturalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Hints on using iNaturalist to ID species"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shepherdia canadensis\u00a0<\/i> (soapberry, Canadian buffaloberry, soopolallie )<\/strong> Aug.1, 2007. Hants County: Avon Peninsula, on gypsum karst close to the Beaver Pond in the forested upland
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Often users of iNaturalist<\/a> who are new to identifying plants and animals take a pic, upload it and that’s it; iNaturalist makes a suggestion as to the species, and then “waits” until experienced users verify that ID (identification) or suggest others; finally “Research Grade” status is applied to the photo if people are confident\u00a0 in the ID. Otherwise, it just sits there.<\/p>\n

One photo may or may not be adequate to identify a species. Experienced naturalists know when one photo does the trick and may put up only one photo, but that’s because they know ahead of time, that it is sufficient to allow an ID to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

If you are not an experienced naturalist or amateur specialist in a particular group and really don’t know what you are looking at, chances are the one photo you might take will not be adequate to allow a reliable ID to be made.<\/p>\n

For plants, some of the features that are helpful:<\/p>\n