The Michigan Flora app is live and has already garnered thousands of downloads from both Apple and Android users.

Have you ever sat back and really thought about how much easier our tasks are nowadays with the help of the growing number of ingenious apps? For instance, if you need to lose weight, there's an app ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Need to identify a plant in Ann Arbor? A new free app by University of Michigan researchers and software ...

The New Yor k Times Wirecutter and CNN Underscored rank PlantNet as the best plant identification app for most users. Described by the manufacturer as a “citizen science project,” the app uses a ...

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If you love gardening or you’re just curious about nature, Plantum is a must-have addition to your iPhone. The plant ID app serves as a sort of pocket botanist, enabling instant plant identification ...

A woman taking a photo of the leaves of a fern with her phone - Farknot_architect/Getty Images Plant identification isn't always easy. Unless you have a general idea of what you're looking for, it can ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and the Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany, have shown that plant observations collected with plant identification apps ...

Before we all carried computers in our pockets, the best way to identify wild plants and animals was to consult a physical field guide. Now, nature enthusiasts have easy access to a plethora of phone ...

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