If you've ever wondered which plants are growing in your backyard, these apps are for you. Whether you’re a gardener, naturalist or just a lover of wildlife, plant identification can be a wonderful ...

Q: How reliable are plant identification apps? A: I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply snap a photo of the plant in ...

Jack L. Carter, Martha A. Carter and Donna J. Stevens, 214 pages, softcover $20. Mimbres Publishing, 2003. This user-friendly guide includes photos and descriptions of 108 woody species and 38 ...

Fossil plants reveal the evolution of green life on Earth, but the most abundant samples that are found -- fossil leaves -- are also the most challenging to identify. A large, open-access visual leaf ...

Smartphone apps that identify plants from photographs can be as little as 4 per cent accurate, which could put people foraging for food at risk and also lead to endangered plants being mislabelled as ...

When you’re venturing in the woods or your own backyard vegetable garden, it’s likely that you’ll come across plants or flowers that you’re not aware of. While a traditional solution would be to get a ...

First published in 1894 under title: A guide to find the names of all wild-growing trees and shrubs of New England by their leaves. siris_sil_35898 ...

Whether you’re like me and my family, who love growing plants, or you want to know what wildflowers are in your yard, if your dog just consumed something that’s headed toward a hefty vet bill, or you ...

Dry leaf edges A survival mechanism used by some plant types is that the outer margins of a leaf will dry up, but the leaf remains viable. This may be more common in large-leaved plants like squash ...