Diario de thebeachcomber

Decided to do some clean-up work for iNat obs of vascular plants for Norfolk Island.

First important thing to note here is that, within iNat, Norfolk does not count as part of Australia (place ID = 6744), but rather is its own separate entity (place ID = 7333). One consequence of this is that non-native species that have already been marked as introduced for Australia have to be marked again for Norfolk, so this is one task I'll be doing.

Second task is marking clearly planted/cultivated plants as such.

Third is to try ID observations to species where possible. I'm only noting ones where a 'new' species is added to the island inventory due to my ID (so IDing the 10th observation of a species with 9 observations already is irrelevant here).

Tasks

Marked as introduced

1. Rubus grabowskii
2. Megathyrsus maximus
3. Rumex hypogaeus
4. Verbena incompta
5. Chenopodiastrum murale
6. Cyperus brevifolius
7. Geranium gardneri
8. Cheilanthes viridis
9. Gladiolus dalenii
10. Macadamia tetraphylla
11. Citrus × taitensis (tentative, may be cultivated)
12. Lycium ferocissimum
13. Pelargonium × hybridum
14. Kalanchoe pinnata
15. Hypoestes phyllostachya
16. Lepidium bonariense
17. Hydrocleys nymphoides
18. Gamochaeta americana
19. Musa acuminata
20. Howea forsteriana
21. Phlebodium aureum
22. Alpinia zerumbet
23. Setaria parviflora
24. Stenotaphrum secundatum
25. Petroselinum crispum
26. Modiola caroliniana
27. Juncus articulatus
28. Gamochaeta calviceps
29. Eriobotrya japonica
30. Erigeron karvinskianus
31. Gazania rigens
32. Saccharum
33. Verbascum virgatum
34. Arundo donax
35. Mentha spicata
36. Ammophila arenaria
37. Polycarpon tetraphyllum
38. Orobanche minor
39. Bromus catharticus
40. Capsella bursa-pastoris
41. Papaver rhoeas
42. Hypochaeris radicata
43. Trifolium pratense
44. Senna septemtrionalis
45. Prunus persica
46. Nerium oleander
47. Yucca aloifolia
48. Ranunculus muricatus
49. Paspalum mandiocanum
50. Bidens alba
51. Hakea salicifolia
52. Cyperus alternifolius
53. Dipogon lignosus
54. Phyllanthus tenellus
55. Furcraea foetida
56. Verbena bonariensis
57. Asparagus setaceus
58. Verbena litoralis
59. Coffea arabica
60. Agave americana
61. Egeria densa
62. Vicia hirsuta
63. Datura stramonium
64. Melia azedarach
65. Foeniculum vulgare
66. Nephrolepis cordifolia
67. Potentilla indica
68. Azolla pinnata
69. Sigesbeckia orientalis
70. Abutilon grandifolium
71. Rivina humilis
72. Canna indica
73. Metrosideros kermadecensis
74. Petunia axillaris
75. Argemone subfusiformis
76. Salvinia molesta
77. Frankenia pulverulenta
78. Cyrtomium falcatum
79. Portulaca oleracea
80. Euphorbia prostrata
81. Desmodium incanum
82. Salvia coccinea
83. Oenothera rosea
84. Sporobolus africanus
85. Erigeron bonariensis
86. Lotus angustissimus
87. Ludwigia peploides
88. Cyperus polystachyos
89. Facelis retusa
90. Eleusine indica
91. Dimorphotheca ecklonis
92. Juncus pallidus

Taxa 'removed' due to marking as captive/cultivated'

1. Selenicereus megalanthus
2. Grevillea robusta
3. Punica granatum
4. Acacia (also updated ID to A. spirorbis)
5. Ficus macrophylla

'New' species via IDs

1. Updated the single Rubus observation to R. grabowskii. Doesn't actually increase the species (leaf) count, but good to get it to species
2. Updated Alpinia sp. to Alpinia zerumbet. Ditto Rubus re species count
3. Updated Senna sp. to Senna septemtrionalis. Ditto species count
4. Updated Prunus sp. to Prunus persica. Ditto
5. Updated Yucca sp. Yucca aloifolia. Ditto
6. Updated Ranunculus sp. to Ranunculus muricatus. Ditto
7. Updated Erigeron to Erigeron bonariensis
8. Updated Faboideae to Lotus angustissimus
9. Updated Onagraceae to Ludwigia peploides
10. Updated Cyperus to Cyperus polystachyos
11. Updated Asteraceae to Facelis retusa

'Removed' species via IDs

1. Carex dissita --> corrected ID, actually Carex neesiana (which used to be a var. of dissita)
2. Vicia tetrasperma --> misidentification of V. hirsuta
3. Geranium homeanum --> corrected ID, fairly sure actually G. gardneri
4. Lonicera japonica --> downgraded to 'Dicots', unsure what it is (but pretty sure not Lonicera)
5. Ammophila arenaria --> Spinifex sericeus instead

Pending

1. Eustachys sp. pending naturalised confirmation
2. Passiflora pallida pending discussion
3. Gloriosa superba pending naturalised confirmation
4. Dovyalis caffra pending naturalised confirmation
5. Agapanthus praecox pending naturalised confirmation
6. Parochetus sp. pending naturalised confirmation