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I got 52/55 and I went quickly. Do I spend too much time outside? People often ask me how to identify poison ivy. And I try to teach them. I think I do a decen
by hammock 4y ago
I got 52/55 and I went quickly. Do I spend too much time outside?
People often ask me how to identify poison ivy. And I try to teach them. I think I do a decent job. It’s not as simple as one or two markers. But at some point you just develop an instinct
- debacle 4y agoGot 47/55 with a few false positives (which is A-OK in my book). Poison ivy has a few distinct characteristics that make it hard to miss if you know what to look for.
- clmay 4y agoSame score, and most of these plants aren't native here (W Oregon) and I wasn't familiar (in particular jack-in-the-pulpit got me 2/3 times, and then sarsaparilla appeared once). I get asked to teach people plant ID sometimes, and people often seem mystified by it, until I explain the concept of "search image". It seems to give them a new way to approach it and seems helpful in most cases. Probably related to what you mean by "developing an instinct".
- seti0Cha 4y agoSame. I swear there's an aura of evil around it and that's how I identify it.
- Alex3917 4y ago> But at some point you just develop an instinct https://www.mushroomthejournal.com/the-species-concept/ https://www.mushroomthejournal.com/the-species-concept/
- marymkearney 4y agoYeah, this, exactly, observing the lifecycle in different habitats. Those stinkhorns tho :o
- devb 4y agoI've never seen a stinkhorn that I didn't smell first.
- marymkearney 4y agoI think a lot of plant ID is pattern recognition. The more you do it, the better your "instinct" gets. I know folks who always find arrowheads and fossils on hikes. Same skill, different patterns. This is a black box to me, I never see those things.