ZooL Posted September 25, 2023 Anyone have any good free plant id app or site suggestions? The place i live has a big garden, like 1.5 acres kinda things with many different plants and trees. Who every used to live here must has been a really avid gardener or owned a nursery or something because there are probably more than 1000 different plants, I have used a couple plant id sites but end up getting through a couple meters and then they want me to pay before i can more, some i could use proxies to get a few more free ones before being asked to pay again but that was just a mess around. Are there any free ways to do this or am i gonna have to pay? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fyzygy Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) https://identify.plantnet.org I like pl@ntnet, it's free. There's an app for phone. Edited September 25, 2023 by fyzygy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael Fleishman Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) I have found that plantnet struggles with cactus identification - it ask for leaf, bark etc when you add a photo for identification and no matter which one I pick it cannot seem to identify cactus. Says cannot find anything. However for random plants it seems to do a good job. Never tried plantnet on a mushroom, I have a paid app for mushrooms. Not happy to pay but it is the only app that has any success picking mushrooms. Edited September 26, 2023 by Ishmael Fleishman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fyzygy Posted September 26, 2023 Fair point. I've never even dreamt of using pl@ntnet for cactus ID. But it's a user-driven database, so those experts among us could upload new data. I guess "spines" are vestigial "leaves"? But you often need to see the flower, in any case, to ID some cactus spp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZooL Posted September 29, 2023 Are you sure plant https://identify.plantnet.org is unlimited free? I have a memory of using that one and having to use a proxy after hitting some weekly or monthly limit. But i likely never made an account or used an app and would have just used the web version so may have just been that, it was also a few years back so may be different now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fyzygy Posted September 29, 2023 I've only used the iPhone app, without any limitations (so far). I don't even have a registered account. But I only use it every now and then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeti101 Posted September 29, 2023 I recently installed iNaturalist - might try it on a few things to see how it does & report back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
