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Any comparison of PlantNet to iNaturalist[0] (regarding quality of the product / size of the community)? I use iNat frequently for identifying native plants and animals around the yard and it's been extremely helpful and active (I typically get at least one verification on each item I post, oftentimes two or three).

[0] https://www.inaturalist.org/

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The local app here for native plants (Obsidentify) beats PlantNet for me, but I have the impression there might be some 'user experience' into play: I know enough about plants to know what the distinctive features are and I know enough about the app/AI to know that it wants properly cropped pictures with those features, and other users whos observations have the most chance of being validated and accepted do so as well. So the thing is probably very well trained for that, which is less the case for PlantNet. Again, that is just a theory, but when talking with other people the story is similar: the people saying it doesn't work for them are typically uploading non-cropped and/or non-identifying pictures.

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