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interactive plant identification wiki
I think that what you have proposed is a wiki for what is called a botanical
key. Botanical keys exist now. They work fine for experts but they're too complicated for most people. The details that distinguish one plant from another are often technical or depend on looking at the flower of the plant. Most people (including me) don't know the technical identifying aspects of plants or the words to describe them, and flowers are often not available. Your idea might work for a limited number of plants, the ones that people often ask about, especially if pictures were included. Andrew "Mr. Bill" wrote in message .. . What are your thoughts on something like this? Wouldn't it be nice to have a plant sample in hand and be able to input the charachteristics of the plant to identify it? Start with a blank template. Choose the most basic trait i.e. evergreen or deciduous (check one) Grows outdoors in zone X. Now we have eliminated either deciduous or evergreen plants (whichever was not chosen) right there we elimintaed thousands of plants. By choosing the zone the plant grows in outdoors we have eliminated all plants that absolutely will NOT grow in that zone; i.e. a plant that olny grows in the tropics will not survive in USDA zone 2. ( I think you see what I am getting at...) What are your thoughts on something like this? I always see "can you help me ID this plant" postings here and had this seed of a thought so I thought to plant it here and see what might grow out of it... Mr. Bill |
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