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September Tree Quest 2019
September 13, 2019 - September 16, 2019
Click here for results of the September Tree Quest.
What is the September Tree Quest?
Trees around us change with the seasons all the time – putting out leaves, flowers or fruits. Meanwhile, our seasons are changing because of climate change! How are trees responding? The September Tree Quest is an event to capture tree behavior across different regions – North, South, East-Northeast, and Western-Central – of India, in this quarter of 2019. When enough data on seasonal leafing, flowering and fruiting in trees has been collected, we can compare patterns within and between years to really understand what is changing and how.
The September Tree Quest (13-16 Sept 2019) is the third SeasonWatch bioblitz event this year. With this event, combined with the previous three events held in December 2018, March 2019 and June 2019, we will have the first complete annual seasonal calendar of some common trees of India from across the country
How to participate?
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
3. Watch tutorial
4. Unable to use our android app?
Participants can login to their account on the website and add casual observations.
Are there prizes to be won?
Yes! In the spirit of communing with trees and nature over three days, we will not be giving prizes for top scores this time. Instead, we will use a lucky-draw to choose an individual and school from each region of the country.To qualify for the lucky draw you will need to observe 10 or more trees of at least one species on the SeasonWatch list.Everyone who qualifies for our lucky draw will receive a special mention in our Newsletter.
How many trees to monitor?
You can choose to do this for as many trees as you want and also on one or more days between the 13th and 16th of September 2019. You cannot repeat observations on the same tree more than once. If you participated in the Summer Tree Quest held in June, (if possible) do revisit the trees you reported the last time round and let us know if you saw any changes this season
Are there prizes to be won?
Yes! In the spirit of communing with trees and nature over three days, we will not be giving prizes for top scores this time. Instead, we will use a lucky-draw to choose an individual and school from each region of the country.To qualify for the lucky draw you will need to observe 10 or more trees of at least one species on the SeasonWatch list.Everyone who qualifies for our lucky draw will receive a special mention in our Newsletter.
Here are the results of the September Tree Quest!
93 Individuals and 41 Schools & Colleges from 20 states and 2 union territories contributed data on 7812 trees between 13 and 16 September 2019!
September Tree Quest Winners!
This time around, we selected one Individual and one school from four geographical regions of the country by lucky draw. To qualify for the lucky draw, tree questers had to submit observations on at least 10 trees of at least 1 species listed on the SeasonWatch species list.
Here are the lucky winners from each region:
| Southern India | Central-western India | Northern India | East-northeast India | |
| Individual | Surendhar Boobalan, Puducherry (178 trees) | Swati Kittur, Rajasthan (61 trees) | Prachi Thatte, Uttarakhand (99 trees) | Resley Roy Pariong, Meghalaya (24 trees) |
| School | M.T.S.S.K.G.U.P School, Kerala (825 trees) | No schools from this region qualified for the lucky-draw | Maee, Uttarakhand (458 trees) | Rev. T. J. Jones Presbyterian School, Meghalaya (111 trees) |
Congratulations to the winners!
Individual participants
Students from the Department of Geography, Central University of Punjab on a tree walk
Schools & Colleges
