- Do you like plants but don’t know every species?
- Free plant recognition apps will solve this
- We have selected the best apps just for you
There are several free applications for plant recognition | photo: Unsplash
In this day and age of smart phones, identifying plants is extremely easy. Just install one of the available applications on your mobile phone. You can find both paid and free plant recognition apps in the stores, and many are available for Android i iOS.
Free plant identification
Are you walking through a beautiful park or forest and you are interested in one of the plants, but you have no idea what kind it is? No problem, today’s mobile apps have very good recognition capabilities and you will find out the name of the plant fairly quickly. Online stores are full of applications for this purpose, and we will introduce at least some of them.
iNaturalist
The iNaturalist application is one of the most popular in the world. In addition to plants, it can also identify animals and mushrooms, which is why it is suitable for every nature lover. It is available for free and will help you identify the flora and fauna around you. Just install the application on your mobile and then register to become a member of a growing community of users from all over the world who unite their interest in nature.
Using it is absolutely simple, just observe the world around you and take a picture of what interests you and then share it. Sharing gives you suggestions and trusted identification of what you’ve seen. At the same time, you can discuss with other users and help them identify their shots of plants and animals.
The iNaturalist app
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PlantNet
Another popular application is PlantNet, which will also help you identify plants. The application is developed by scientists from French research organizations (Cirad, INRA, Inria and IRD). A free version is available and will help you correctly identify the species of plant from the photo you have taken.
Identification takes place thanks to visual recognition software. Plant species that are widespread and found in the database are quickly and easily identified by the application. In addition, the database is constantly growing, so more plant species will be available over time. As the developers point out, the application cannot determine ornamental plant species, and the best result is achieved when only one plant part is shown in the photo.
PlantNet application
Unknown Flora
You can also try the Flora Incognita app, which has great user ratings. You will get an answer to the question of what is blooming in a few seconds. The application works on a similar principle as all the others. Just take a picture of the plant you want to identify and send it to the application server. The highly accurate algorithms based on artificial intelligence.
The application even boasts that, thanks to AI, it can recognize the plant even when it is not yet in bloom. In the application, you can easily view all the plants you have acquired and there is also a map with the location where you discovered these plants. You thus have a complete overview and history of your discoveries at your disposal. The advantage is that the application is available for free and without annoying ads.
Flora Incognita app
PictureThis
Also worth mentioning is the PictureThis – Plant Identifier application, which is used all over the world and identifies more than a million plants every day with an accuracy of 98%, as the developers boast. It’s a great personal plant expert right in your pocket. It is suitable for a beginner gardener or a lover of plants and nature in general.
The application also offers advice and tips on how to care for individual plants. The benefit is a user-friendly environment and speed of identification. Just take a picture of a specific plant and the application will tell you its name and add details about the plant. Compared to other plant recognition apps, this one has an extra feature, which is that it can diagnose a plant’s disease. In addition to identifying the disease, it will also offer advice on treatment. It can identify toxic plants to watch out for, as well as detect weeds and advise on how to remove them from your garden.
PictureThis app
Blossom
The Blossom mobile app will also help you identify plants. In addition, it can recognize flowers and trees using photography. It immediately identifies more than 30,000 plants, flowers, succulents or trees using a photo you have currently taken or have had on your mobile phone for a long time. Just don’t play it in the application and the smart software will take care of everything else.
You will also get instructions for the identified plants and useful tips on how to care for them. The app even alerts you when the plant needs to be watered and determines the correct amount of water, so you don’t have to worry about overwatering the plant. It also identifies the disease of the plant and plans its treatment.
The Blossom app
Source: mobilizujeme.cz
