The purpose of this project is to collect observations of healthy and unhealthy Bigleaf maple trees. There is wide concern about the dieback of bigleaf maple and more information is urgently needed. You can help by sharing observations and tagging this project!
While there are many observations of Bigleaf maple on iNaturalist, the health of the trees in those observations are unclear. ...more ↓
The purpose of this project is to collect observations of healthy and unhealthy Bigleaf maple trees. There is wide concern about the dieback of bigleaf maple and more information is urgently needed. You can help by sharing observations and tagging this project!
While there are many observations of Bigleaf maple on iNaturalist, the health of the trees in those observations are unclear.
Please familiarize yourself with the emerging Sooty Bark Disease issue as well. More information is available at https://ppo.puyallup.wsu.edu/sbd and the Sooty Bark Disease Watch project is available here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sooty-bark-disease-watch
Steps to contribute:
- Create an iNaturalist account/login
- Join this project
- Upload an observation
- Tag this project in the observation settings
- Answer the project questions
- Share the observation!
This project was created as part of the Forest Health Watch program. Check out more plant health projects here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/forest-health-watch-projects
Want to help shape this project? Please contact @jmhulbert ! Anyone is welcome to help improve the usefulness or excitement of this project.
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Bigleaf Maple Health Watch
jmhulbert
created this project on April 21, 2021
