PlantTracker
These plants are spreading quickly across the UK. They displace native species and detrimentally affect the ecology of many vulnerable habitats. Some also pose a considerable threat to human health. These plants also present a large financial cost to the UK economy with the annual cost of all invasive, non-native species totalling some £2 billion.
The first step in tackling this problem is accurately determining where these plants are. In order to do that, we need your help! Please use this app to help us to build a comprehensive picture of the UK’s invasive, non-native plant species.
Category : Education
Reviews (24)
Found a BBC link to the app after looking at an article which failed to show a known Japanese Knotweed area locally. Downloaded app to see if it's more up to date but can't zoom in! Just shows the whole UK as red. Utterly useless app.
Unable to log in. Keeps returning a log in error, check credentials... already have an account with another one of their apps, and I can log into that just fine. Disappointing.
New app doesn't let me submit a report. The 'submit' button appears to be missing at the bottom of the screen.
I'm really appalled by the complete lack of help in this app . It's much needed, as the registration process doesn't seem to work, so I can't use it. It looked so pretty too, especially the logo. Please sort this out developer, or you'll harm the cause.
Thought this would be good to get to know invasive species, but Gallery images dont scroll, you can only view first image. Also Similar species only visable after rotating phone.
On an Andriod phone. Refuses to submit so pointless. Will wait to see if the problem is resolved and if not uninstall. Pity.
It's was really shet it's for people who are sad or are like 90 years old.
Clunky and as horrible as some of the plants. Save your time and use a web browser.
Intuitive to use and easy, great that you can add notes and also the save feature is good if you want to wait until you can check the website to see if your sighting has already been submitted or not.
I have down loaded the App to my PC and it does not work.
Complex registration process - this is a plant reportjng tool not a banking app! No save button unintuitive no context sensitive help
Initially very simple. Then an upgrade? Since then too complicated to enter data on small phone screen while out braving the elements due partly to screen layout.
Not very good, map feature basically nonexistant.
The map is useless. What a shame.
Not able to register, keeps returning error
Don't want to report Japanese knotweed I just want to see the map close to my home but there's no option to see the map only report??? Weird app!!
Could not register, link broken.
Simple and easy to use
Hard to use
Used previous app a lot. Tried this one and even though I can enter data there is no button to either send or save. Looks like there are two buttons on the bottom but nothing on them or do anything.
The app won't let me send the report. It just says "Sorry, something went wrong". I was hoping to send of a report about a Giant Hogweed sighting in the UK. It is however a brilliant app but I would love it if this problem could be resolved.
Installed this on my Nexus 5 but uninstalling again due to it having no exit from the app (as far as I can see).
Keeps saying no internet connection so cannot submit report about giant hog weed.
Downloaded the Android App to my phone as urgently wanted to report a Giant Hogweed sighting on a public footpath. However, after numerous attempts to log a report and it failing to submit, 8 days later I've just tried via my desktop computer (and had to complete the sighting info again). This time the photo did upload and the data looks to have been submitted. Pointless App if I can't get it to work with my mobile as it's when outside you need it.