Webinar
Photos courtesy of Michelle Kenton
Identifying native jewelweeds using leaf traits: An effort fueled by citizen science and morphometrics
Identifying native jewelweeds using leaf traits: An effort fueled by citizen science and morphometrics
Join us on Wednesday, April 10th from 4:00 - 4:30 PM CST to talk with undergraduate researcher Michelle Kenton about her project employing iNaturalist.
Join us on Wednesday, April 10th from 4:00 - 4:30 PM CST to talk with undergraduate researcher Michelle Kenton about her project employing iNaturalist.
Michelle is a third-year undergraduate student at UW-Madison studying Conservation Biology and Data Science who grew up identifying plants with the app Picture This.
Michelle is a third-year undergraduate student at UW-Madison studying Conservation Biology and Data Science who grew up identifying plants with the app Picture This.
Now, she uses iNaturalist to connect with people who have seen Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida, which are native jewelweeds whose flowers only bloom during a few weeks of the year. Michelle seeks to use these samples, collected from the US & Canada, to explore leaf shape and color metrics as indicators of species.
Now, she uses iNaturalist to connect with people who have seen Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida, which are native jewelweeds whose flowers only bloom during a few weeks of the year. Michelle seeks to use these samples, collected from the US & Canada, to explore leaf shape and color metrics as indicators of species.