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It's a Treehugger's dream come true. Leafsnap is a free app that identifies plant species of all kinds, from flowers and bark to fruit and trees. Go for a walk, take a shot of a leaf, and this little ...

In the summer of 2009, I had the pleasure of writing about John Kress, a research botanist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and his efforts to create a DNA barcode for all 25o ...

LeafSnap, a new iPhone application developed by facial recognition experts at Columbia University and the University of Maryland, is able to determine a species of tree by analyzing a photograph of a ...

iPhone: Nature lovers, next time you're out exploring, take a photo of a leaf with your iPhone and Leafsnap may identify the plant/tree species. Currently covering trees native to the Northeastern U.S ...

Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap.

It's a warm spring day in New York City. Kathy Elwood, a sixth grade teacher, leads a group of kids down an East Harlem street. Snapping pictures of trees, they identify different species and stop to ...

No more lugging around nature guidebooks on hikes: iPhone users can download Leafsnap, a free app that identifies tree species from photographs of their leaves. Take a photo of a leaf against a plain ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCpR4JTEy4c&w=640&h=390] This is just plain fantastic. The LeafSnap app for iPhone identifies any leaf you take a picture of ...