Ohio General Assembly Amends Section 5.05 to Correct Buckeye Tree Name Lawmakers update Latin name of Ohio's official state tree in revised code

Ohio's official state tree just got a name upgrade—find out what lawmakers changed and why it matters!

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#OH #CitizenPortal #CivicAccountability #BotanicalAccuracy #LegislativeReform

They do use AI for image labeling, it is one of the problems. And with more and more images being wrongly labeled and used for training. My field (and blog) is #BotanicalAccuracy, but I am rarely called in. People care more about animals than plants, I am afraid.

Hi, you might want to revisit your ALT text for your images. The ’Censor herbarium specimen’ appears to have been collected by Lindley, I think (reading it on a tiny screen) and is a species of Centarium (Gentianaceae), common name is centaury. #botanicalaccuracy. Good luck with the job search.

Embarrassing! Using AI for a cover image and showcasing a butterfly with 4 legs, missing wings, anatomically incorrect flowers - in a science journal. When the world is full of great and real nature photography. #botanicalaccuracy. #AIfail #botany #entomology #ecology

Potted clubmoss plant (green with small scale-like leaves), in a clear pot on a supermarket shelf. a label in front of plant says it is a frosty fern plant.

no, No, NO, NOPE. Not a #fern, that is a #clubmoss (Selaginella to be more precise), member of a non-fern branch of the green tree of life. Look at those cute lycophyll scale mini-leaves, nothing like the large true leaves of ferns. It isn’t frosty either. #botanicalaccuracy In NJ, USA. #botany 🌱