July Quercus Quest

Observation of the Month | June

Bush Interior Live Oak (Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens)
© Jordan Collins (CC-BY-NC)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165248929

July Quercus Quest: ID Cookout and Virtual Fireworks

You are all invited to the carne asada! Join us on this celebratory cookout. Everyone, bring something to the table as we cook up some identifications this month. Sit down and watch the project light-up like fireworks! Participating this month is simple - get as many identifications as possible!
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The 4th of July weekend really kicked-off July for us and we would like to invite you to participate in our July Quercus Quest. This month's challenge we encourage you to delve into a world of oaks and identify as many observations as possible. Help us get as many observations to Research Grade!

1) There are currently 29,600+ observations in the project that need ID:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=california-oakwatch&quality_grade=needs_id&verifiable=any
2) Additionally, there are 16,900+ observations of oaks only identified to genus that could use some help and could possibly count towards our OakWatch Project!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lrank=genus&place_id=62068&taxon_id=47851

Every 500 identifications will enter you in a raffle to win an oak t-shirt from F.M. Roberts Publications:
https://fmrpublications.com/shop
DO NOT miss the opportunity to win a beautiful CA scrub oaks/CA oak trees t-shirt!

We will also be raffling OakWatch Pins!