Vanessa Voelker

Joined: Aug 13, 2016 Last Active: Sep 21, 2024 iNaturalist

Botanist, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.

OKNP serves as the natural heritage program for Kentucky, and our staff surveys for and monitors populations of rare species in the state. We also highly value community scientist data on iNaturalist, and often reach out to iNat users regarding observations identified as state listed plant species. To view these rare species observations, visit our project, Kentucky Plants of Conservation Concern https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/kentucky-plants-of-conservation-concern, and consider joining the project if you are an avid botanizer in Kentucky.


A quick note: I appreciate it when folks find me to be a trustworthy identifier, however I encourage you to not agree with my IDs simply because you believe I'm reliable. Everyone makes mistakes, and agreement should always be based on your own independent appraisal of the evidence provided--identifying needn't require high level expertise, just thoughtful consideration. Ultimately, this helps keep "Research Grade" a meaningful designation for those that use iNaturalist data for research and conservation.

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