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A good Plant identification app for Ireland

  • 16-06-2017 01:50PM
    #1
    candlemouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭


    Hi team,

    Can you recommend a good plant identification app applicable to Ireland / UK ? I see some apps charge to id a plant which I'm willing to accept if needs be.

    Regards,
    T


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  • #2
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,304 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    How would an ap id a plant? What basis would it use?


  • #3
    BrokenArrows
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    looksee wrote: »
    How would an ap id a plant? What basis would it use?

    There are plenty of apps that use photos to identify the plant.

    Sorry OP never used one. I guess a UK based app will be reasonably good for use in Ireland.


  • #4
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 55,565 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    that would be a hell of an app, i woudl guess you'd be as well off with online resources, given the sheer number of plants which you could be looking at.

    the UK woodland trust have an excellent app for IDing trees, and obviously ports easily to irish use.


  • #5
    candlemouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭candlemouse


    Thanks. Have reached out to the RHS London and await a reply. with the advance of technology does this mean the end of all of those plant books!


  • #6
    Achasanai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    There are loads out there. One I use is mygardenanswers. It's okay, but to be honest, asking the more knowledgeable frequenters of this thread (or reddit, or other comparable garden forums) is much better in terms of answers and speed of identification.


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