PlantNet Plant Identification

Pl@ntNet is a mobile application that helps users identify and learn about various plants found in nature. It can identify a wide range of plants, including flowering plants, trees, grasses, conifers, ferns, vines, wild salads, and cacti. While it can also identify cultivated plants, its main purpose is to inventory and understand wild plants. This includes plants found in nature, as well as those growing in urban areas or gardens. To accurately identify a plant, users can provide visual information such as photos of flowers, fruits, leaves, thorns, buds, or hair on the stem. A photo of the entire plant or tree can also be helpful, but may not always be enough for a reliable identification. Currently, Pl@ntNet can recognize about 20,000 species, but it is constantly growing thanks to contributions from experienced users. Users are encouraged to contribute their own observations, which will be reviewed by the community and may be added to the application's photo gallery. The latest version of Pl@ntNet, released in January 2019, includes several improvements and new features. These include the ability to filter recognized species by genus or family, a differentiated data revision that gives more weight to skilled users, and the re-identification of shared observations. Users can also search for a photographed plant in all the floras available in the application, select their favorite floras for quicker access, navigate through different taxonomic levels in image galleries, map their observations, and access links to factsheets. In addition to the mobile application, Pl@ntNet also has a web version available at https://identify.plantnet.org/. This allows users to access the application's features on a computer or other device with internet access. With its wide range of features and constantly growing database, Pl@ntNet is a valuable tool for anyone interested in learning more about the plants around them.