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title: EcoTracker — Community Biodiversity Monitoring
description: Identify plants and animals with AI, map your local wildlife, and contribute to community conservation efforts.
image: https://ecotracking.base44.app/og-cover.png
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# EcoTracker

EcoTracker is a community biodiversity platform. Identify species from a photo or audio recording, map observations, and track invasive threats. The interactive map and recent observations are public; scanning and a personal profile require a free account.

Site sections:
- `/` — Splash overview
- `/map` — Public interactive observation map (no login)
- `/scanner` — AI image & audio identification (login required)
- `/profile` — Your observations & achievements (login required)
- `/about` — About the project
- `/contact` — Contact the team
- `/connect` — Connect an AI assistant via MCP

## Recent observations
_No observations yet._

## Invasive species watchlist
- **Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande** (Garlic Mustard)
- **Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.** (Alligatorweed)
- **Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino** (Hairy Jointgrass, Small Carpetgrass)
- **Bromus inermis Leyss.** (Hungarian Brome, Smooth Brome)
- **Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.** (Asian Bittersweet, Oriental Bittersweet)
- **Centaurea stobe L. ssp. micranthos (S.G.Gmel. ex Gugler) Hayek.** (Centaurea biebersteinii DC., Spotted Knapweed)
- **Clematis terniflora DC.** (Sweet Autumn Clematis)
- **Dioscorea polystachya Turez.** (Chinese Yam, Cinnamon Vine, Dioscorea  oppositifolia L.)
- **Elaeagnus umbellata var. parviflora (Wall. ex Royle) C.K.Schneid.** (Autumn Olive)
- **Euonymus  alatus (Thunb.) Sieb.** (Burning Bush, Winged Euonymus)
- **Euonymus hederaceus Champ. & Benth.** (Euonymus  fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz., Winter Creeper)
- **Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr.** (Fleeceflower, Japanese Knotweed, Mexican Bamboo, Polygonum cuspidatum Seib. & Zucc.)
- **Hedera  helix L.** (English Ivy)
- **Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle** (Hydrilla, Water Thyme)
- **Lespedeza  bicolor Turcz.** (Bicolor Lespedeza, Shrubby Bushclover, Shrubby Lespedeza)
- **Lespedeza  cuneata (Dum.-Cours) G. Don** (Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea Lespedeza)
- **Ligustrum sinense Lour.** (Chinese Privet)
- **Lonicera japonica Thunb.** (Japanese Honeysuckle)
- **Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder.** (Amur Bush Honeysuckle)
- **Lythrum  salicaria L.** (Purple Loosestrife)
- **Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus** (Japanese Stiltgrass, Nepalese Browntop, Nepalgrass)
- **Miscanthus sinensis Anderss.** (Chinese Silver Grass, Eulalia Grass, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass)
- **Murdannia keisak (Hassk.) Hand.-Maz.** (Asian spiderwort, Marsh Dayflower)
- **Myriophyllum  aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.** (Brazilian Watermilfoil, Parrot Feather)
- **Myriophyllum spicatum L.** (Eurasian Water-milfoil)
- **Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.** (Empress Tree, Princess Tree, Royal Paulownia)
- **Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton** (Beefsteak Plant, Chinese basil, Perilla, Perilla Mint)
- **Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.** (Common Reed)
- **Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida** (Kudzu)
- **Pyrus calleryana Dcne.** (Bradford Pear, Callery Pear)
- **Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murr.** (Multiflora Rose)
- **Rubus phoenicolasius Maxim.** (Wine Raspberry, Wineberry)
- **Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.** (Johnson Grass)
- **Spiraea japonica L.f.** (Japanese Meadowsweet, Japanese Spiraea)
- **Tussilago farfara L.** (Coltsfoot)
- **Vinca minor L.** (Common Periwinkle)
- **Wisteria  sinensis (Sims) DC.** (Chinese Wisteria)
- **Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC.** (Japanese Wisteria)
- **Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.** (Centaurea repens (L.), Russian Knapweed)
- **Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Dcne.** (Chocolate vine, Five-leaf akebia)
- **Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Momiy.** (_Ampelopsis brevipedunculata_ (Maxim.) _Trautv_, _Ampelopsis heterophylla_ (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc., Amur peppervine, Creeper, Porcelain berry, Wild grape)
- **Arundo donax L.** (Elephant Grass, Giant Reed)
- **Buddleja davidii Franch.** (Butterfly Bush)
- **Firmiana simplex (L.) W. Wight** (_Firmiana platanifolia_ (L. f.) Schott & Endl., _Sterculia platanifolia_ L. f.), Chinese Parasol Tree, Phoenix Tree, Varnish Tree)
- **Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier** (Giant cow parsnip, Giant hogweed)
- **Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc.** (Japanese Hops)
- **Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.** (Cogongrass, Japanese Bloodgrass)
- **Liriope spicata (Thunb.) Lour.** (Creeping Lilyturf, Creeping Liriope, Lilyturf, Monkey-grass)
- **Lygodium  japonicum (Thunb. ex Murr.) Swartz** (Japanese Climbing Fern)
- **Mahonia bealei (Fortune) Carr.** (Beale's Barberry, Leatherleaf Mahonia)
- **Melia  azedarach L.** (Chinaberry)
- **Nandina domestica Thunb.** (Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina, Sacred Bamboo)
- **Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross** (Asiatic Tearthumb, Mile-a-minute Weed)
- **Phyllostachys aurea Carr. Ex A.& C. Riv?®re** (Golden Bamboo)
- **Ranunculus ficaria L.** (_Ficaria verna_ Huds., Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine)
- **Rhamnus cathartica L.** (Common Buckthorn, European Buckthorn, Purging Buckthorn)
- **Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton** (Itchgrass)
- **Salvinia molesta Mitchell** (Aquarium Water-moss, Giant Salvinia)
- **Solanum viarum Dunal** (Tropical Soda Apple)
- **Trapa natans L.** (Water Caltrop, Water Chestnut)
- **Triadica sebifera (L.) Small** (Chinese Tallowtree)
- **Tribulus terrestris L.** (Puncturevine)
- **Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle** (Tree of Heaven)
- **Albizia julibrissin Durazz.** (Mimosa, Silktree, Silky Acacia)

## Active announcements
- **Open source!**: We are now an open source app under the MIT license. View the open source page for more info.

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