You can combine your plant identification skills — and your love of plants — and be a plant citizen scientist. Many organizations need contributions of data from citizens around the world as they gather information about specific plants. In addition to asking the location of a plant, some of these websites also request a plant’s phenophases.
United States
North America Regional
- Appalachian Mountain Club – Mountain Watch
- Central New York
- Portland (Oregon) Budwatch Phenology Monitoring
- Appalachian Trail
United Kingdom
World-wide
Trees
- Leafsnap (Data is collected by the app when a photo is made to compare with leaf images.)
- San Francisco, California urban forest map
- United Kingdom urban tree survey
- Ancient trees in UK
Invasive plants
- Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey
- Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
- Plant Tracker (invasive, non-native species in UK)