Likely County Records

There records below are filtered to those with 5 or more counties, so 24797 species/county pairs, across 72 counties. Each species in a row is documented in several of this county’s neighbors but has no confirmed record in the county itself yet. These are good species to watch out for.

The GBIF total and iNat obs columns show how many occurrences of that species GBIF has in that county overall, and how many of those came from iNaturalist. A row with iNat observations but no additional GBIF records means the species has been photographed in the county but never collected as an herbarium specimen.

For each county, every species documented in neighboring counties but absent from that county’s own records is a candidate. This table shows only candidates confirmed in four or more neighbors – the strongest signals. Neighbor counties is how many neighbors already have it; higher means it’s more surprising this county doesn’t. Nearest (mi) is the distance to the closest confirmed population.

GBIF total and iNat obs reflect GBIF occurrence records for that species in the target county. If GBIF total equals iNat obs, every known occurrence is a photograph – no herbarium specimen backs it up.