Citizen science projects

Apps to identify plants

Citizen science projects

What is that?

Is that plant native or invasive? That’s a cool bird! Wonder what it is?

There’s an app for that. Using your smartphone, you can identify plants and animals. You could even record and share your observations to contribute to citizen science projects.

	iNaturalist Take pictures of any living thing and a network of volunteers will identify it. Your observations could become real data for scientific studies.
	Seek Automatically identify living things with your camera. Connect your iNaturalist account to share your observations.
	eBird Record and upload observations of birds that you see and hear. Your observations could become real data for scientific studies.
	Merlin Identify birds step-by-step, by photos, or by sound recordings. Connect your eBird account to share your observations.
	PlantNet Identify plants using your camera.