While I did work with a small group for our leaf hunt in class yesterday (which was a lot of fun), I was the only one with an Android phone and not an iPhone. It was a very good thing we all collaborated because my app was frustrating and often gave imprecise or inconclusive results. For a few leaves, we would identify them positively on other phones, but my matches for the same leaf would be entirely different. Although this process was a bit frustrating and confusing with my app, I found myself just appreciating the leaves and the trees they came from more. The varied colors of fall, the smooth or jagged edges, the clear or spotted surfaces, the holes from bugs, and the parasites were all simply fascinating.

And I just attempted to upload the images from the app. But the website gave an error message saying that the files could not be uploaded for security reasons, so they are also in an odd format. The images would have shown 2 leaves that had inconclusive matches that did not align with what we knew about the trees and 2 leaves identified generally as oak and maple.