About PlantID.net

 

PlantID.net is designed to help you identify and learn about California plants found in the wild.  It uses lots of pictures and short descriptions to let you discover new things about them.

 

Here are some articles to get you oriented:

 

Can Plant ID Be Easy?

That’s the goal of this site.  Read how we do it.

 

Overview of PlantID.net

Read this to get a sense of the main features of this site, some basic vocabulary, and how to get help.

 

New PlantID.net Features

PlantID.net works on your phone.  Use Clipboard to ID to learn any set of plants whose names you paste into your clipboard. Share Unpublished Plant ID Lists.  New list features include a global Looks Like search, Gallery View and Take the Quiz.  And Take the Demo to see PlantID.net in action.

 

How to do stuff

For instance, how to use our tools to make a plant ID, how to add your own plant ID photos, import a new local plant list, build an ID guide, and more.

 

About our contributors, about Bruce

PlantID pulls together existing database data, and photos, plant lists, ID guides, glossary and taxon descriptions from recognized experts.  Here’s how it works.

 

Version DBM 9/23/2021