Every year when spring officially arrives, people spend more time in the great outdoors as the season gears up. Whether you’re looking for help identifying plants along your morning hike or designing ...

No one wants invasive plant species in their garden, but trying to identify every plant in your space (and nearby!) is difficult without the help of these apps.

If you've ever wondered which plants are growing in your backyard, these apps are for you. Whether you’re a gardener, ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Adam Schneider is an assistant professor of biology at UW-La Crosse. He’s teaching a plant taxonomy course to help students identify plants they may see in their daily lives.

Last fall, I decided to challenge myself by enrolling in the notoriously difficult course ENVIRON 436, also known as Woody Plants. This class focuses on one thing — the identification of Michigan’s ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as herbariums, they store critical data on the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As we inch toward spring in Northeast Ohio, every sunny day brings new leaves poking through the soil, and with them, the question, “Is that a plant or a weed?” Unless you have a ...

This illustration shows how the "Pest-ID" tool developed by Iowa State researchers can help farmers identify and manage pests of all kinds. Image courtesy of Iowa State's Translational AI Center. Nine ...