100 Species Challenge

(Updated to revise for clarification)
I'm participating in scsours 100 Species Challenge.
I've been saying for a long time I wanted to keep a running list of all the flora the children and I identify locally. This is just the thing I need to get my scribblings off bits of paper and collected in one place where we can enjoy the "fruits" of our findings.

Melissa Wiley has graciously offered to maintain a list of participants and provided the lovely button for participants you see to the left.

These are the rules to follow should you choose to participate (provided by scsours):

1. Participants should include a copy of these rules and a link to this entry in their initial blog post about the challenge. I will make a sidebar list of anyone who notifies me that they are participating in the Challenge.

2. Participants should keep a list of all plant species they can name, either by common or scientific name, that are living within walking distance of the participant’s home. The list should be numbered, and should appear in every blog entry about the challenge, or in a sidebar.

3. Participants are encouraged to give detailed information about the plants they can name in the first post in which that plant appears. My format will be as follows: the numbered list, with plants making their first appearance on the list in bold; each plant making its first appearance will then have a photograph taken by me, where possible, a list of information I already knew about the plant, and a list of information I learned subsequent to starting this challenge, and a list of information I’d like to know. (See below for an example.) This format is not obligatory, however, and participants can adapt this portion of the challenge to their needs and desires.

4. Participants are encouraged to make it possible for visitors to their blog to find easily all 100-Species-Challenge blog posts. This can be done either by tagging these posts, by ending every post on the challenge with a link to your previous post on the challenge, or by some method which surpasses my technological ability and creativity.

5. Participants may post pictures of plants they are unable to identify, or are unable to identify with precision. They should not include these plants in the numbered list until they are able to identify it with relative precision. Each participant shall determine the level of precision that is acceptable to her; however, being able to distinguish between plants that have different common names should be a bare minimum.

6. Different varieties of the same species shall not count as different entries (e.g., Celebrity Tomato and Roma Tomato should not be separate entries); however, different species which share a common name be separate if the participant is able to distinguish between them (e.g., camillia japonica and camillia sassanqua if the participant can distinguish the two–”camillia” if not).

7. Participants may take as long as they like to complete the challenge. You can make it as quick or as detailed a project as you like. I’m planning to blog a minimum of two plants per week, complete with pictures and descriptions as below, which could take me up to a year. But you can do it in whatever level of detail you like.

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Our first few identifications will be posted soon!

Comments

[Melissa Wiley]

So glad you're joining the fun, Kathy! Just a word of clarification, though--it isn't my project; I'm just an enthusiastic participant. The originator is scsours at xanga, and the rules posted above are hers. The entry to link back to for joining is:

http://weblog.xanga.com/scsours/664162392/the-100-species-challenge.html?page=1&jump=1444955745&leftcmt=1#1444955745

:) Thanks so much! I'm thrilled that you're on board.

[Kathy]

Thanks for pointing out that I need clarification. I'll revise the entry as soon as my root canal fog lifts.:-)