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sl8

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Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:24 AM Wednesday

XKCD: The Most Observed Animal and Plant in Each State on iNaturalist

https://xkcd.com/3118




Hover (mouseover) text: "Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy."

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iNaturalist is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe.[3][4] iNaturalist may be accessed via its website or from its mobile applications.[5][6] iNaturalist includes an automated species identification tool, and users further assist each other in identifying organisms from photographs and sound recordings. As of 17 March 2025, iNaturalist users had contributed approximately 230,396,279 observations of plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms worldwide, and 290,007 users were active in the previous 30 days.

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XKCD: The Most Observed Animal and Plant in Each State on iNaturalist (Original Post) sl8 Wednesday OP
Here in Florida, we have a lot of White Beggerticks. The little flowers have white little pedals.. chouchou Wednesday #1

chouchou

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1. Here in Florida, we have a lot of White Beggerticks. The little flowers have white little pedals..
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 09:05 AM
Wednesday

...with a nice yellow bud, and are quite pleasing to the eye. Personally, who-in-hell came up with that name?
Reminds me of that movie where Steve Martin named his dog "Shitass"

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