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Since 2009 the Texas legislature has designated the third full week in October as Texas Native Plant Week.
Members of our Society were instrumental in establishing the designation, and over the years we have celebrated in a number of ways, with plant sales, gifts to libraries, public plant walks and many other ways. In 2016 we were able to plan a grand opening of our Monarch Waystations on I35 during Texas Native Plant Week.
This year we have partnered with Texas Parks & Wildlife and Texas Agrilife Water University to celebrate Texas Native Plant Week with an iNaturalist Bioblitz.
The point is to see how many plants can be observed using the iNaturalist app during the week of October 20 – October 27. All plant observations made during the week in Texas with a photo will automatically be added to the project.
You can participate by making observations using the app. You can also make observations by taking a photo with a digital camera and uploading the photo to the desktop app. Many people prefer taking photos with a camera because of the better quality or because it can be difficult to use a smartphone in the field. If you can’t get into the field, then you can also help by confirming observations using the desktop app.
If you haven’t used iNaturalist it is easy to get started. Just visit iNaturalist.org, sign up and download the app. Then start making observations. The app will help you identify observations by making suggestions.
Thanks to Meghan Peoples and Texas Agrilife Water University for creating this great video.
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**ARCHIVED POST AUTHOR: Bill Hopkins
