RULES - Ontario Botanists' Big Year 2019

For those joining the project for the first time, the Big Year rules are as follows:

  1. All observations must be from within the province of Ontario
  2. Observations must be made between January 1 and December 31, 2019
  3. Observations must have a photo
  4. Observations must be of WILD plants. This is always a contentious one. "Wild" means that a) the organism was not deliberately planted by humans and b) the organism is clearly established and reproducing independently of human intervention. Yes, there is some grey area (what to do about plants introduced outside of their native range as part of "restoration" projects?), but in general, make an effort to observe plants that form part of the natural ecosystem, which can include non-native species.
  5. Observations must be submitted before midnight on December 31, 2019, to count towards the competitive stats. For those not feeling competitive, the project will always be open and you can contribute observations indefinitely.

Have a great year of botanizing!

-Will V

Posted on January 15, 2019 10:50 PM by wdvanhem wdvanhem

Comments

Just want to say how much i love this project! Looks like its going to have 10X the observations as last year!

Posted by nottawasaga over 4 years ago

Just added all my qualifying observations. Curious to see the results of everyone's efforts!

Posted by scharf over 4 years ago

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