New Project Members

Hello all!

Quite a few new people have joined the project recently and I wanted to take the time to welcome you. Thank you for joining the project, being a community scientist and documenting urban biodiversity! We're a community science project focused on plants, and the wildlife and insects that interact with them. We host monthly EcoQuest challenges, events and trainings, and work to support local conservation efforts and understand biodiversity in metro Phoenix. You can visit our website here.

To stay up to date with EcoQuests, events, and more, we encourage you to sign up for our monthly newsletter and/or follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter @ ecofloraphx.
Click here to see the September newsletter.

Here's a helpful guide for making great observations in iNaturalist. Observations made following these guidelines are easier to identify and more likely to be promoted to research grade. The main things to remember are to take clear photos that are in focus and well lit. Take multiple photos if possible, especially for plants (leaves, flowers, stems, etc.). Also, remember to post multiple photos of the same organism to one observation.
Check it out! Click to see the guide in English or español.

You can also earn rewards for your observations through our merit system! Check it out here.