![]() When she is really needs to be totally accurate, she can always consult VicFlora, a guide to Victoria’s native flora. She has forgotten most of those plants she identified back in her uni days and is now making good use of her plant ID app. With a background in Environmental Science, Colleen has been running Fifteen Trees since 2009. Written by Colleen Filippa with help from Landscape Association AustraliaĬolleen is the Founder and Director of Fifteen Trees. But I also use Plant Identification Australia as I like the idea of a community to help me identify the native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses I find on my walks. And so, which one do I use? I’ve been using PlantNet for a while, and it’s pretty good. There is definitely a place for plant identification apps in your walks. Waratah (Telopea speciosissima) by Karen H Black. On top of image ID, PlantIn provides users with individual care plans for each of their plants, allows them to identify and treat diseases, and offers urgent help from a team of professional. PlantIn can identify more than 17 000 species of trees, succulents, cacti, and flowers from a single photo. PlantIn is an identification app that ramps up precise plant identifier with a comprehensive package of plant care features. A great community that is kept in check and on topic by the administration team. The plants don’t have to be Australian, but they need to be photos taken in Australia. This is a Facebook group that uses member’s knowledge to help identify the plant photos that come in. Also includes mushrooms, cacti and succulents. The app claims to be able to recognise 90% of known species of plants and trees worldwide, with over 600,000 plants in the searchable database and over 150 million images to help with verifying the identification. It is a photo identification app and also has a search function for plants you have already identified. ![]() The app is easy to use and includes information other apps do not include, such as care guides for plants, cleaning plants, repotting, pruning for blossoms and fruits, tips on identifying weeds and more. The PictureThis app is another photo ID app option. PlantNet also has a lovely citizen science component. The app provides the Family, Genus, Species, Common Names and Uses of the plant. Image details focus on aspects such as flowers, leaves, fruit and trunk. The aim of this app is primarily to identify wild plants growing in parks and gardens around the world. I’ve gone looking for the best plant apps to help you identify plants you come across and narrowed it down to 5. Nowadays, short of having that biologist by your side, if you have a phone in your back pocket, you can identify most of the plants while on your walk. ![]() It was a massive undertaking and years later all that work was lost when I ended up burning the lot because they went mouldy and nasty. I remember biology classes at Melbourne State College when for one class, we had to collect 50 specimens (foliage and flowers) of native plants, press them between 2 heavy books before sticking them down onto paper and trying to classify them using a badly photocopied Plant ID booklet. Is it a native? If not, where does it come from? If you’re lucky, you may have a biologist by your side to help you answer the following questions. Sometimes while on your wanderings you may have come across a plant that intrigues you enough that you want to know more about it.
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