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Spring Tree Quest 2019

March 15, 2019 - March 18, 2019

Click here for results of the Spring Tree Quest

What is the Spring Tree Quest?

If you notice closely, every year the flowering patterns of common tree species seem to be changing. Is this due to climate change? Unfortunately, we don’t have the data to verify these suspicions. The Spring Tree Quest helps us fill these data gaps through the participation of interested citizens like you!

Tree Quests are held across India every three months, to get a snapshot of the leafing, flowering and fruiting patterns of common trees. When enough of this kind of data has been collected, we can compare patterns within and between years to really understand what is changing and how.

The Spring Tree Quest (15-18 March 2019) is the first bioblitz event this year and it hopes to capture the resplendence of the tree species that flower around this time each year

1. Follow 3 easy steps

  • Download and register on the SeasonWatch app if you are a new user
  • Login and make a casual observation on a tree (see tutorials below)
  • Upload observations

2. Download tutorial

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4. Unable to use our android app?

Participants can login to their account on the website and add casual observations.

Can I win a prize?

Yes! This time round its quite a competition! To be eligible for a prize, you have to observe 20 or more trees of any species other than coconut (i.e., if you report coconut trees, you will not be eligible for a prize).

Spring Tree Quest Results

In March 2019, SeasonWatch held its second bioblitz event called the Spring Tree Quest. The idea of this event was to rapidly collect phenology data on the common and widespread trees of India. March is generally the time of flowering for many woody plant species and we hoped to capture this aspect of plant phenology through the data contributed by SeasonWatchers..

The Spring Tree Quest saw participation from across the country! 137 individuals, 50 schools & 9 colleges contributed data on 14706 trees from 22 states and 5 union territorries!

Here are the results of the Spring Tree Quest

Top 5 individual contributors

The top 5 individual contributors from across India are given below. The top count was almost 800!

  1. Prakash P U, Kerala 790
  2. Unnikrishnan M.P, Kerala 790
  3. Resley Roy Pariong, Meghalaya 632
  4. Lakshmikant Neve, Maharashtra 387
  5. Sujatha M, Kerala 254

Top 5 schools/colleges

The top 5 school/college contributors from across India are given below. We had a repeat top contributor school from the state of Kerala!

  1. ST. Helens GHS Lourdepuram, Kerala 4044
  2. M.T.S.S.K.G.U.P.School, Kerala 1171
  3. Shahid Manoj Singh Chohan(GIC Gaindi Khata), Uttarakhand 1016
  4. Government Higher Secondary School, Tamil Nadu 570
  5. Govt V H S S Veeranakavu, Kerala 393

Top 5 States

The top 5 states are given below. Kerala topped the list again, as in the previous Tree Quest, with > 9000 entries

  1. Kerala 9681
  2. Tamil Nadu 1047
  3. Uttarakhand 1022
  4. Karnataka 778
  5. Maharashtra 657
     

Species summary

Here are the top five species monitored across the country

  1. Coconut palm – Cocos nucifera 1691
  2. Jackfruit – Artocarpus heterophyllus 1017
  3. Teak – Tectona grandis 1003
  4. Mango(all varieties) – Mangifera indica 995
  5. Neem – Azadirachta indica 859

Phenology of flowering trees

45% of all trees with the open flower phenology were flowering during the Spring Tree Quest. Here is the phenology of some of the more popular flowering trees during the Spring Tree Quest

Individuals

Individuals

Schools/Colleges

  1. Abhisheka Krishnagopal
  2. Abraham Jeyakumar
  3. Adithya
  4. Aditisk
  5. Ajay Gadikar
  6. Akhilesh Sharma
  7. Akshatra
  8. Akshay
  9. Amaresh Ranasingh
  10. Amruta Padgaonkar
  11. Anil Nivalkar
  12. Aniruddha Datta Roy
  13. Anithra
  14. Anupa K Babu
  15. Anuradha Bhadsavle
  16. Ar Tamizh
  17. Aravind
  18. Asha E Thomas
  19. Ashok Agarwal
  20. Ashwin Subramanian
  21. Atul Siddheshwar Patane
  22. Ayushman Mohanty
  23. Badri Narayanan Thiagarajan
  24. Bhavisha
  25. Biang Syiem
  26. Bibidishananda Basu
  27. C Krishnagopal
  28. C R Pradeep
  29. Chandra Sekhar Bandi
  30. Chirag Munje
  31. Dayani Chakravarthy
  32. Deepti
  33. Devi
  34. Dharmendra
  35. Dinesh A Gawali
  36. Divya
  37. Elavarasan M
  38. Fatima
  39. Ganeshwar S V
  40. Geetha Ramaswami
  41. Gitanjali Kanwar
  42. Hareesha As
  43. Harshjeet Singh Bal
  44. Isheta Divya
  45. Jacob Eapen
  46. Janaki Lenin
  47. Jaydev Mandal
  48. Jenis
  49. Jessica Luis
  50. K.S Lyla
  51. Kalidasan
  52. Karthik Teegalapalli
  53. Karunamoorthy S
  54. Kavita
  55. Lakshmikant Neve
  56. Loganathan P
  57. M
  58. Mallika Iyer
  59. Manjeet Kaur
  60. Manoj
  61. Misha Bansal
  62. Mittal Gala
  63. Mohan
  64. Mohan Moolepetlu
  65. Moushmi
  66. Mousumi Dutta
  67. Mridula Chari
  68. Muhammed Nizar. K
  1. Neha
  2. Neha Chhangani
  3. Niranjan.V
  4. Nishanth
  5. Nishrin
  6. Omkar
  7. P Jeganathan
  8. P S Baiju
  9. P.Rajangam
  10. Pavel Ghosh
  11. Pawan Darne
  12. Perumal K
  13. Pins
  14. Pooja
  15. Pooja Pawar
  16. Poornima
  17. Prakash S U
  18. Pranav
  19. Prasad Sandbhor
  20. Pratiksha Kothule
  21. Pravar Mourya
  22. Rachit Aryan
  23. Radhidevi J
  24. Rajarajan V
  25. Rama
  26. Raphael Lyngdoh Nonglait
  27. Resly Roy Pariong
  28. Rithika S
  29. Rolf Ericsson
  30. Rudolf Maximus Lyngdoh Nonglait
  31. Rudra Prasad Banerjee
  32. Sabid M
  33. Sapna Jayaraman
  34. Sarayu Ramakrishnan
  35. Sayee Girdhari
  36. Selvaganesh
  37. Shanti
  38. Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
  39. Shikha Bisht
  40. Shilpa
  41. Shivona Bhojwani
  42. Shreekant Deodhar
  43. Siddharth Agarwal
  44. Siddharth Gunturi
  45. Sidharth
  46. Sidharth Srinivasan
  47. Soma
  48. Stella
  49. Subramanian
  50. Suchi Govindarajan
  51. Suhel Quader
  52. Sujatha M
  53. Sujith Chandran
  54. Sushama
  55. Swati Kittur
  56. Swati Sidhu
  57. Tr Shankar Raman
  58. Unnikrishnan Mp
  59. Vaishnavi
  60. Vanathi
  61. Varsha
  62. Vena Kapoor
  63. Vidhya Sundar
  64. Vidur Niranjan
  65. Vijayalakshmi
  66. Viji
  67. Vinatha
  68. Vishal Sadekar
  69. Zenrainman
  1. A E T English Medium School Amayur
  2. A.U.P School Cherumundassery
  3. Aiswarya Public School
  4. Amrith Vidyalayam-
  5. Anderson HSS
  6. Bemannur G.U.P.S- Paruthippulli 678573
  7. Blossom English School- Kainatty
  8. C.M.G.H.S.S.- Kuttur
  9. Christ Nagar English Hr.Sec School Kowdiar P.O- Tvm
  10. Cpnm G.H.S.S. Mathamangalam
  11. Creative
  12. Dr.N.International School
  13. Durgapur Government College
  14. Eriam Vidyamithram Up School
  15. Forest College And Research Institute
  16. G L P S Porur
  17. G U P S Puthichal
  18. G.V.&H.S.S.- Alamcode
  19. G.H.S.S. Mathil
  20. Gjhs Naduvattam
  21. Government Arts College (Autonomous) Salem 7.
  22. Government High School- Pillaiyarkuppam
  23. Government High School Cincona
  24. Government Higher Secondary School
  25. Government Higher Secondary School- Diwansapudur
  26. Govt G.H.S.S.Kanyakulangara
  27. Govt Higher Secondary School
  28. Govt Ups Edavilakom (Visishta Haritha Vidyalayam)
  29. Govt V H S S Veeranakavu
  30. Govt.U.P. School Kongad
  31. Isha Home School
  32. Janatha Higher Secondary School Naduvattam
  33. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
  34. K.P. Gopinathannair Memorial Public School-Aruvikkarakkonam-Ayirooppara P.O- Tvm-84
  35. Kizhuthally East U P School
  36. K K Kidav Memorial Up School
  37. Krea University
  38. M.T.S.S.K.G.U.P.School
  39. NSHS
  40. Panchayat Union Middle School Thalavaipatty-Salem.
  41. Parikrma Foundation
  42. Pariong Presbytery Higher Secondary School
  43. Poorna Learning Centre
  44. Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Veterinary Education And Research
  45. Royal College Of Arts- Science And Commerce
  46. Saniya Suhas Kirloskar
  47. Shahid Manoj Singh Chohan(Gic Gaindi Khata)
  48. Shree Mallikarjun Colledge Of Arts-Commerce And Science
  49. Shree Sitaram Jaju Govt Girls College Neemuch
  50. SMLPS Kaliyar
  51. South Kuthuparamba U.P. School
  52. St Thomas U.P.S. Kanamala
  53. St. Antonysh.S.Spazhuvil
  54. St. Helens G.H.S. Lourdepuram
  55. St.Mary’s Jnanodaya English School- Pallikkunnu
  56. Thulir Illam
  57. T.S.S.G.U.P.S
  58. V.H.S.S. Kanichukulangara
  59. Wings Botanical Research Wing

Details

Start:
March 15, 2019
End:
March 18, 2019