philodog
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Book on Baja tree identification?
Any recommendations for a Baja tree id book that is simple and easy to use. Southern baja is more important.
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Cancamo
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Baja California Plant Field Guide
Jon P. Rebman & Norman C. Roberts
Sunbelt Publications
The go to reference.
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David K
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The book is available from Sunbelt Publications in Chula Vista, CA and online at www.sunbeltpublications.com
[Edited on 12-7-2022 by David K]
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boe4fun
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Isn’t there an app that does plant identification?
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
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4x4abc
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no simple and easy plant guide available for Baja
The "Plant Field Guide" is the bible for anything that grows in Baja
to identify something you just spotted in the wild might take some time
not simple and easy
pictures are a bit small and don't work well when in the wild
first edition of the book had much larger images and larfer fint
Harald Pietschmann
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mtgoat666
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Yes. A bunch of apps for this.
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pacificobob
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I have tried several plant ID apps.... Rather basic is the most charitable thing I can say about them.
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Ateo
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Give this a listen as it's right up your alley....they discuss an app that can be downloaded in the USA and Mexico (under different names) to help log
& identify different plants specifically relate to the Baja Peninsula.
Conserving the Great Plants of Baja California
Great Interview with coauthor of the Baja California Plant Field Guide….
https://anchor.fm/slow-baja/episodes/Jon-Rebman-Conserving-T...
Search the internet for “Slow Baja” podcast or search your iPhone podcast app for this show.
Jon P. Rebman is the Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Originally from rural Illinois, Rebman landed a Fulbright Fellowship
that took him to study in Ensenada. During his year south of the border, Rebman traveled the peninsula cataloging cholla cacti with his fellow
students and the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California faculty. He credits this formative experience for igniting his passion for the region's rare
endemic flora.
Rebman earned a doctorate from Arizona State University and wrote his dissertation on the Cylindropuntia (Chollas) cactus family of Baja California.
He is a profoundly energetic expert on Southern and Baja California plants and is relentless in identifying them. Rebman says, "if you can't name it,
you can't conserve it." Through the crowd-sourced iNaturalist App, Rebman has answered more than 500,000 plant genus inquiries, I am optimistic he
will hit a million answers soon.
Rebman authored the Baja California Plant Field Guide with Norman Roberts and co-authored the stunning new bilingual photographic book A Guide To The
Flora Of The Sierra De San Pedro Martir. Both are available from the San Diego Natural History Museum Shop here.
Thanks to Cypress Hansen at the Nat for walking me through the fabulous new Expedition Baja display and for her work arranging this conversation.
Additional thanks to Robert Blaker and his daughter, Sierra Blaker, for planting the seed for this show more than a year ago.
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Ateo
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Through the crowd-sourced iNaturalist App, Rebman has answered more than 500,000 plant genus inquiries, I am optimistic he will hit a million answers
soon.
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philodog
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Thanks Ateo, great podcast. Unfortunately the only plant app they talk about is for everywhere , not just Baja, but I'm excited to give it a try.
Especially since experts will actually confirm the ID.
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Ateo
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Quote: Originally posted by philodog  | | Thanks Ateo, great podcast. Unfortunately the only plant app they talk about is for everywhere , not just Baja, but I'm excited to give it a try.
Especially since experts will actually confirm the ID. |
Cool! Hope it works for you. Happy Plant Hunting and Observing.
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David K
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All the Slow Baja podcasts are really well done with Baja personalities and authors. Here is the link to see the list and listen while you surf te
net.... https://www.slowbaja.com/episodes
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