But first a question: do you know what is the difference between Plantain and Plantain Lanceolate? Thought. That’s good. In order to test himself and to learn many interesting things along the way, you can just search in the portal “flora of Russia”, which was created by staff and students of the biological faculty of Moscow state University on international platform iNaturalist.
This project was launched in January 2019 with the aim to combine the knowledge of professionals with the interest and capabilities of the fans in the observation of nature. The portal is designed so that any registered user is a professional researcher, or simply a nature lover – voluntarily uploads your photos of wild plants on iNaturalist platform, and there determine, scientifically- identificeret. That is not just a burdock, a Burdock Pubescence, white Clover, Hogweed Common Nettle, and Thistle Prickly…
he Started with 11 thousand fotooblucheniya, and now this public Botanical Bank increased 45 times. Every summer day adds up to 5 thousand new, validated by experts of observations, and in special – competition days, the increase amounts to ten thousand. According to the organizers, not all plants can be determined directly, some of the photos is postponed to future professional expertise and only after verification enters the portal “flora of Russia”.
it is fair to say that this project grew out of the project “flora of Moscow”, which was supported by a grant from the Russian Foundation for basic research (RFBR). The results of the first year of the project was published in the “Journal of General biology” and aroused considerable interest in scientific circles and public circles.
Today, the portal “flora of Russia” is an automatic aggregator 85 regional projects, one for each subject of the Russian Federation. The leaders in the number of cases and participants in densely populated Moscow and the Moscow region, and the number of species represented in the first positions of Dagestan and Crimea, which are allocated diverse natural conditions of mountain ecosystems. From the far North and Siberia, the data are scarce. Therefore, the participants from these regions and their ftonbladet – now the most coveted in the draft.
Look around and you will be surprised to know that on the lake where they set up a bivouac, has matured Broadleaf Cattail.
But Angelica Forest and Thistle Field you have just crushed the wheels of the SUV. Will go to collect the bouquet, then Bell is Spreading, and is Buildable. There is also Stiff, but if only herbarium… do Not miss and Daisy – how far they can take Treherbert Perforatum.
According to the lead researcher of the Biological faculty of Moscow state University Alexey Seregin, the success of the project “flora of Russia” in INRGOM predetermined by development of modern informational technologies. Fracture was noticed when scientists field workers, including researchers of biodiversity, acquired in expeditions gadgets: navigators, digital cameras, satellite phones, tablets.
Gradually, step by step, all these functions began to carry a smartphone. He became faster, safer, more comfortable, more productive and cheaper. And was finally adopted not only by scientists but also by the army of lovers of nature, – develops his thought Seregin. – Project participants happy to find new or well-known plants and photographing them with a smartphone. At the same time in the exif of the photo file without human intervention are recorded the coordinates, date and time of shooting. These images for the day’s itinerary can be tens or even hundreds of…
To attract new participants to the organizers of the project, as already mentioned, hold special competitions: international City Nature Challenge, a Command Cup of Russia on photographic images of wild plants, biological blitz for pupils…
These and other activities help scientists, Moscow state University the main goal of the project “flora of Russia” – collecting data about the current biodiversity of Russia forces network community. The creature in front of us implemented an ambitious social experiment on the involvement of Amateur naturalists in the modern scientific study of nature.
