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Summer Tree Quest – 2019

June 14, 2019 - June 17, 2019

Click here for results of the Summer Tree Quest, 2019

What is the Summer Tree Quest?

Are common trees around you green and dense with leaves? Do they have fruits? Is the pattern of leafing and fruiting changing from one year to the next and is this due to climate change? Unfortunately, we don’t have the data to verify these suspicions. The Summer 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 Summer Tree Quest (14-17 June 2019) is the second SeasonWatch bioblitz event this year and it hopes to capture the patterns of leafing flowering and fruiting of trees in the summer season

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.

 

How many trees can I monitor?

You can choose to do this for as many trees as you want and also on one or more days between the 14th and 17th of June 2019. You cannot repeat observations on the same tree more than once. If you participated in the Spring Tree Quest held in March, (if possible) do revisit the trees you reported the last time round and let us know if you saw any changes this season!

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).

Summer Tree Quest Results

Here are the results of the Summer Tree Quest

79 individuals, 32 schools & 2 collegescontributed data on20267 trees from 18 states and 2 union territorries!

Top 5 schools/colleges

The top 5 school/college contributors from across India are given below. Yet again St Helens from Kerala was the top contributor!

  1. St Helens G.H.S. (3564 trees)
  2. M. T. S. S. K. G. U. P. S. (1646 trees)
  3. C. P. N. M. G. H. S. S. Mathamangalam (449 trees)
  4. G. H. S. Kalichanadukkam (421 trees)
  5. G.V.H. S. S. Veeranakkavu (377 trees)

Top 5 States

The top 5 states are given below. About 85% of all entries were from the state of Kerala, yet again topping the list!

  1. Kerala (17587 trees)
  2. Tamil Nadu (675 trees)
  3. Maharashtra (670 trees)
  4. Meghalaya (529 trees)
  5. Karnataka (234 trees)

Species summary

Here are the top five species monitored across the country

  1. Teak – Tectona grandis 3261
  2. Mango (all varieties) – Mangifera indica 1895
  3. Jackfruit – Artocarpus heterophyllus 1767
  4. Neem – Azadirachta indica 937
  5. Chandada – Macaranga peltata 928

Phenology of flowering trees

Most tree species this summer were full of mature leaves and many had mature fruits, including our top four species

Individuals

Individuals

Schools/Colleges

  1. Aathira Perinchery
  2. Adithya
  3. Ajay Gadikar
  4. Akhilesh Sharma
  5. Akhter Hussain Najar
  6. Alvin T Biju
  7. Amruta Padgaonkar
  8. Ankit Vikrant
  9. Arannyaero
  10. Arpita Joshi
  11. Arumugam
  12. Ashok
  13. Ashok Agarwal
  14. Badri Narayanan Thiagarajan
  15. Calmbert Syiem
  16. Chirag Munje
  17. D Kaikho
  18. Dayani Chakravarthy
  19. Dinesh A Gawali
  20. Dr.P U Priyanka
  21. Edurafi
  22. Eesha Oberoi
  23. Elavarasan M
  24. FES-Mandla
  25. Geetha Ramaswami
  26. Hareesha AS
  27. Jaya Rakesh
  28. K.S Lyla
  29. Kedar
  30. Kiransojan
  31. Kshitija Wagle
  32. Lakshmikant Neve
  33. MAHENDRAN M
  34. Meera M.R.
  35. Mittal Gala
  36. Muhammed Nizar. K
  37. Nandita Mondal
  38. Nanditha
  39. Navendu Page
  40. Niranjan.V
  1. Nirmal
  2. Ohm Vignesh V
  3. P Jeganathan
  4. P S BAIJU
  5. P.RAJANGAM
  6. Paripooranam
  7. Pooja Pawar
  8. Pravar Mourya
  9. Priti
  10. Rajappa
  11. Rama
  12. Ramanasaran Hari
  13. Rashmi
  14. Resly Roy Pariong
  15. Rincy Thomas
  16. Rithika S
  17. Rohit Chavan
  18. S Vishnusankar
  19. Sahana M
  20. Sarath.C
  21. Selvaganesh
  22. Shaidallin Kharjana
  23. Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
  24. Shruti Samanta
  25. Sneha
  26. Subhadra
  27. Suhel Quader
  28. Sujatha M
  29. Surendhar Boobalan
  30. Suresh Ramanan S
  31. Swati Kittur
  32. Swati Sidhu
  33. Tuhina
  34. Unnikrishnan MP
  35. Urmila
  36. Vena Kapoor
  37. Vijayalakshmi
  38. Vinduja Vijay
  39. Vishal Acharaya
  1. Ambika English Medium School-Palakunnu
  2. Anderson Hss
  3. Bemannur Gups- Paruthippulli
  4. Blossom English School- Kainatty
  5. Chinmaya Vidyalaya Pacr Matric H S S
  6. Chinmaya Vidyalaya P A C Ramasamy Raja Matriculation Higher Secondary School-Rajapalayam
  7. cpnm ghss mathamanghalam kannur
  8. Durgapur Govt. College
  9. G. H. S. S. Mathil
  10. G.U.P.S
  11. G H S Kalichanadukkam
  12. Government High School Cinchona
  13. Government Higher Secondary School
  14. Government Higher Secondary School- Diwansapudur
  15. Govt Higher Secondary School
  16. Govt V H S S Veeranakavu
  17. Govt.U.P. School Kongad
  18. Hidayathul Isalm Sangam English Medium
  19. Igghs- Katterikuppam
  20. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
  21. John
  22. K K P M U P S Varinjam
  23. M.T.S.S.K.G.U.P.School
  24. Nshs
  25. Panchayat Union Middle School Thalavaipatty-Salem.
  26. Pariong Presbytery Higher Secondary School
  27. Poorna Learning Centre
  28. Rev. T. J. Jones Presbyterian School
  29. Shahid Manoj Singh Chohan(Gic Gaindi Khata)
  30. S M L P S Kaliyar
  31. St. Helens Ghs Lourdepuram
  32. T S S G U P S
  33. Velammal Matric Hr Sec School-Madurai.
  34. Wings Botanical Research Wing

Details

Start:
June 14, 2019
End:
June 17, 2019