Virginia Tech Tree ID

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Site Editorial Commentary：Virginia Tech Tree Identification: a Dendrology App by Seiler et al.

Virginia Tech Tree Identification brings the award-winning Virginia Tech digital dendrology material to your Android smartphone, serving as a comprehensive field guide for identifying trees across North America.

This application features detailed fact sheets for over 1000 woody plants, complete with in-depth descriptions, range maps, and thousands of high-resolution color images showcasing leaves, flowers, fruit, twigs, bark, and overall form. It's like having a tree expert in your pocket!

Users can easily narrow down the species list based on their location anywhere in North America. The app leverages your phone's gps, network signal, or a manually entered address or zip code to provide a localized experience. Effectively, the application transforms into "Woody Plants of Where You Are Standing". Imagine having "Woody Plants of Southwestern Oregon", the "Woody Plants of Central Park", or even "The Woody Plants of 37.108 lat., -80.452 long., elevation 2118" at your fingertips.

Further refine your search by answering a series of simple, intuitive questions about the tree's attributes. Specify the plant's growing environment, leaf shape, leaf arrangement, flower color, or fruit type to pinpoint the species you're looking for.

Alternatively, you can narrow the species list by entering a keyword such as "oak", "Abies", "red", or "palm". For example, typing "oak" will display only oak species found within your defined area.

Need expert assistance? The app includes a unique feature that allows you to send any tree-related question directly to "Dr. Dendro," a seasoned tree expert in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech. Simply send a description or pictures of your plant, and the experts will provide identification assistance.

Key Features:

* Extensive Database: Over 1000 woody plants from across North America.
* Rich Visuals: Over 6,500 color photographs of leaves, flowers, fruit, twig, bark, form, and range map for each species.
* Detailed Descriptions: In-depth descriptions of all plant parts to aid identification.
* Location-Based Search: Narrows species list based on your location and elevation using your phone's GPS, network signal, or user-entered location.
* Keyword Search: Easily find species by entering a keyword (e.g., "maple").
* Identification Quiz: Identify species by answering a series of simple questions, with accompanying images to clarify the attributes being asked.
* Easy navigation: Seamlessly navigate between species with a simple button press.
* Ask the Expert: Send tree questions to "Dr. Dendro," a tree expert at Virginia Tech, for personalized assistance.

Virginia Tech Tree Identification Digital Material:

Visit our websites at: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu

Woody Plants in North America, 2018, Kendall/Hunt Publishing is a multimedia tutorial on DVD covering approximately 1000 woody plants with nearly 30,000 color photographs of leaves (summer and fall), flowers, fruits, twigs, bark and form for each plant. The software displays multiple images of all plant parts so user can develop a “feel” for normal field variation. A customizable, self-quizzing section allows users to evaluate their progress in plant identification. For more features on this software visit: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/wpina.htm

notes:

The 650 MB database of tree photographs and text is downloaded from our server. We recommend you install Virginia Tech Tree Identification using a fast WIFI connection. A cellular connection will generally be too slow.

Text and photography by John R. Seiler, John A. peterson Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech and Ed Jensen, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University
Programming by Michael Whitt and Robert Potts