Nature apps that identify plants and birds are ‘amazing’ – if you know how to download them

My wife has an app on her phone that tells her the name of any plant she points the camera at. It’s creepily accurate and deeply annoying, if occasionally handy. Even after 30 years in the UK, I only really know American plants.

“What is that, a hornbeam?” I say, indicating a tree along the path where we’re walking the dog. My wife holds out her phone.

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