Plant classification

Using information gain to discover a minimal subset of features for plant classification

by Kai Dai
under supervision of Donald McClelland and Marina Barsky

Web application: Gymnosperms identification

As a proof of concept, we developed a plant identification tool which can be used to give the names to coniferous trees around you.

Visualization of decision trees

Explore important plant features using inteactive visualizations below:

• Full set of features
• All features except cones.
• All features except tree height.
• All features except leaf length.
• All features except cones and tree height.
• All features except cones and leaf length.
• All features except tree height and leaf length.
• All features except cones, tree height, and leaf length.