How Indigene works
Indigene finds the plants that grow wild where you live. Each page here explains one part of the app: what it’s for, how to use it, and where to learn more. Start anywhere.
← Open IndigeneFinding your plants
Tell Indigene where you’ll plant. It finds the natives that suit that spot.
How your list is ranked and filtered
Why one plant comes first, and how to narrow the list to what you need.
Saved spots
A notebook for each patch of ground: what suits it, what you planted, who came.
A plant’s own page
Everything about one plant, in one place.
Growing more
Turn one native into several: from seed, or from the plant you have.
The creatures your plants feed
Every plant here is somebody’s food, home, or nursery.
Linking iNaturalist
Real photos from people near you, and your own if you like.
Your region
The app covers real places, one at a time.
The worst invasives
The few plants doing the most harm where you live, and how to remove them.
Telling look-alikes apart
The native, and the impostor next to it.
What to grow instead
The native that does the ornamental's job, and gives more back.
Will native plants bring pests?
Planting for wildlife, without losing the harvest.
When something's in trouble
A few natives we recommend are themselves at risk. Here's what that means.
Keeping your spots safe
Your spots live on your device, not with us. Keep a copy.
Your privacy
No account, no server, and your location only when you tap.
Where the numbers come from
Public science, cited, with our confidence shown.
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