PlantCraft AI

DISCLAIMER: AI identification is a tool, not a guarantee. Always consult a local expert before consuming any foraged specimen. Never eat anything you are not 100% certain is safe. PlantCraft AI is for educational and reference purposes — the user assumes all risk.

Scan a Plant

These photos are all the SAME plant (multiple angles)

Default: each photo becomes its own plant (you can merge them later from any plant's detail page).
Checked: all photos in this upload go into one specimen — better Photo Coverage score from a single re-run.

Ask About Any Plant

Type a plant name (common or scientific). We'll search Kew POWO, GBIF, iNaturalist, and Wikipedia and give you a summary, citations, certainty score, and reference photos. Results are sourced from plant databases — not from a confirmed PlantCraft AI user observation.

Prove This ID

Run against multiple AI models AND cross-reference external databases to build proven-by-citation identification.

Select Specimen

AI Models to Run

Seasonal Foraging Calendar

What's available in your area by month. Based on proven specimens with seasonal data.

Cultivation Guide

Each proven specimen gets a Cultivation Value score (1-10) based on edible, medicinal, and practical value. Higher scores = more worth your effort to cultivate and protect.

Foraging Zones

Zone Name

Zone Type

USDA Zone

Latitude

Longitude

Soil Type

Sun Exposure

Description

Recipes & Preparation

Recipes auto-generate after each plant is identified. Confidence inherits from the plant's Certainty Index — see the

Knowledge Base

Detailed knowledge for any identified specimen — confidence inherits from the Certainty Index.

Component	Max pts	What it measures
AI Models	65	4 vision AI models (Gemini Flash, GPT-4.1 Mini, Gemini Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.6) look at your photos independently. Each one that agrees with the consensus species contributes points, calibrated against how confident that specific model usually is. A model only earns full credit when it hits its own "I'm really sure" zone (e.g., Gemini Flash needs 95%+, GPT-4.1 Mini needs 85%+).
Photo Coverage	20	AI scans your photos and marks which of the 4 plant parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers/seed/fruit) it can clearly see. A single sharp whole-plant shot can satisfy multiple parts at once — no manual tagging required. 3 of 4 parts seen = full points. You can mark a part N/A when it's truly unreachable (mature tree roots, off-season flowers) — the cap shifts so the missing part doesn't penalize.
Database Match	15	For 6 botanical databases (iNaturalist, GBIF, Pl@ntNet, USDA, Kew POWO, Wikipedia): sources with reference photos (iNaturalist, GBIF Media) get AI vision comparison — ≥85% visual similarity = match. Sources without photos (USDA, Kew, Wikipedia, GBIF taxonomic) match when they confirm the species name. 4 of 6 matches → full points + VERIFIED badge.

Component

Max pts

What it measures

AI Models

4 vision AI models (Gemini Flash, GPT-4.1 Mini, Gemini Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.6) look at your photos independently. Each one that agrees with the consensus species contributes points, calibrated against how confident that specific model usually is. A model only earns full credit when it hits its own "I'm really sure" zone (e.g., Gemini Flash needs 95%+, GPT-4.1 Mini needs 85%+).

Photo Coverage

AI scans your photos and marks which of the 4 plant parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers/seed/fruit) it can clearly see. A single sharp whole-plant shot can satisfy multiple parts at once — no manual tagging required. 3 of 4 parts seen = full points. You can mark a part N/A when it's truly unreachable (mature tree roots, off-season flowers) — the cap shifts so the missing part doesn't penalize.

Database Match

For 6 botanical databases (iNaturalist, GBIF, Pl@ntNet, USDA, Kew POWO, Wikipedia): sources with reference photos (iNaturalist, GBIF Media) get AI vision comparison — ≥85% visual similarity = match. Sources without photos (USDA, Kew, Wikipedia, GBIF taxonomic) match when they confirm the species name. 4 of 6 matches → full points + VERIFIED badge.

Ask About Any Plant

Prove This ID

Seasonal Foraging Calendar

Available This Month

Cultivation Guide

Foraging Zones

Recipes & Preparation

Knowledge Base

Combine plants

How PlantCraft AI works

How the score is built (100 points total)

What the bands mean

User overrides (shown as colored pill flags)

Safety disclaimer